Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing plant yield and/or agricultural characteristics

ABSTRACT

Provided are isolated polypeptides which are at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NOs: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239, 5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686, 5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869, 5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523, 6533-6537, and 6563-6589, isolated polynucleotides encoding same, nucleic acid constructs comprising same, transgenic cells expressing same, transgenic plants expressing same and method of using same for increasing yield, abiotic stress tolerance, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, photosynthetic capacity, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No.15/503,411 filed on Feb. 13, 2017, which is a National Phase of PCTPatent Application No. PCT/IL2015/050849 having International FilingDate of Aug. 24, 2015, which claims the benefit of priority under 35 USC§ 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Nos. 62/042,538 filed onAug. 27, 2014 and 62/114,147 filed on Feb. 10, 2015. The contents of theabove applications are all incorporated by reference as if fully setforth herein in their entirety.

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FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention, in some embodiments thereof, relates to isolatedpolypeptides and polynucleotides, nucleic acid constructs comprisingsame, transgenic cells comprising same, transgenic plants exogenouslyexpressing same and more particularly, but not exclusively, to methodsof using same for increasing yield (e.g., seed yield, oil yield),biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality,fiber length, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, fertilizer useefficiency (e.g., nitrogen use efficiency) and/or abiotic stresstolerance of a plant.

Yield is affected by various factors, such as, the number and size ofthe plant organs, plant architecture (for example, the number ofbranches), grains set length, number of filled grains, vigor (e.g.seedling), growth rate, root development, utilization of water,nutrients (e.g., nitrogen) and fertilizers, and stress tolerance.

Crops such as, corn, rice, wheat, canola and soybean account for overhalf of total human caloric intake, whether through direct consumptionof the seeds themselves or through consumption of meat products raisedon processed seeds or forage. Seeds are also a source of sugars,proteins and oils and metabolites used in industrial processes. Theability to increase plant yield, whether through increase dry matteraccumulation rate, modifying cellulose or lignin composition, increasestalk strength, enlarge meristem size, change of plant branchingpattern, erectness of leaves, increase in fertilization efficiency,enhanced seed dry matter accumulation rate, modification of seeddevelopment, enhanced seed filling or by increasing the content of oil,starch or protein in the seeds would have many applications inagricultural and non-agricultural uses such as in the biotechnologicalproduction of pharmaceuticals, antibodies or vaccines.

Vegetable or seed oils are the major source of energy and nutrition inhuman and animal diet. They are also used for the production ofindustrial products, such as paints, inks and lubricants. In addition,plant oils represent renewable sources of long-chain hydrocarbons whichcan be used as fuel. Since the currently used fossil fuels are finiteresources and are gradually being depleted, fast growing biomass cropsmay be used as alternative fuels or for energy feedstocks and may reducethe dependence on fossil energy supplies. However, the major bottleneckfor increasing consumption of plant oils as bio-fuel is the oil price,which is still higher than fossil fuel. In addition, the production rateof plant oil is limited by the availability of agricultural land andwater. Thus, increasing plant oil yields from the same growing area caneffectively overcome the shortage in production space and can decreasevegetable oil prices at the same time.

Studies aiming at increasing plant oil yields focus on theidentification of genes involved in oil metabolism as well as in genescapable of increasing plant and seed yields in transgenic plants. Genesknown to be involved in increasing plant oil yields include thoseparticipating in fatty acid synthesis or sequestering such as desaturase[e.g., DELTA6, DELTA12 or acyl-ACP (Ssi2; Arabidopsis InformationResource (TAIR; arabidopsis (dot) org/). TAIR No. AT2G43710)], OleosinA(TAIR No. AT3G01570) or FAD3 (TAIR No. AT2G29980), and varioustranscription factors and activators such as Lec1 [TAIR No. AT1G21970,Lotan et al. 1998. Cell. 26; 93(7):1195-205], Lec2 [TAIR No. AT1G28300,Santos Mendoza et al. 2005, FEBS Lett. 579(21):4666-70], Fus3 (TAIR No.AT3G26790), ABI3 [TAIR No. AT3G24650, Lara et al. 2003. J Biol Chem.278(23): 21003-11] and Wri1 [TAIR No. AT3G54320, Cernac and Benning,2004. Plant J. 40(4): 575-85].

Genetic engineering efforts aiming at increasing oil content in plants(e.g., in seeds) include upregulating endoplasmic reticulum (FAD3) andplastidal (FAD7) fatty acid desaturases in potato (Zabrouskov V., etal., 2002; Physiol Plant. 116:172-185); over-expressing the GmDof4 andGmDof11 transcription factors (Wang H W et al., 2007; Plant J.52:716-29); over-expressing a yeast glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenaseunder the control of a seed-specific promoter (Vigeolas H, et al. 2007,Plant Biotechnol J. 5:431-41; U.S. Pat. Appl. No. 20060168684); usingArabidopsis FAE1 and yeast SLC1-1 genes for improvements in erucic acidand oil content in rapeseed (Katavic V, et al., 2000, Biochem Soc Trans.28:935-7).

Various patent applications disclose genes and proteins which canincrease oil content in plants. These include for example, U.S. Pat.Appl. No. 20080076179 (lipid metabolism protein); U.S. Pat. Appl. No.20060206961 (the Ypr140w polypeptide); U.S. Pat. Appl. No. 20060174373[triacylglycerols synthesis enhancing protein (TEP)]; U.S. Pat. Appl.Nos. 20070169219, 20070006345, 20070006346 and 20060195943 (disclosetransgenic plants with improved nitrogen use efficiency which can beused for the conversion into fuel or chemical feedstocks); WO2008/122980(polynucleotides for increasing oil content, growth rate, biomass, yieldand/or vigor of a plant).

A common approach to promote plant growth has been, and continues to be,the use of natural as well as synthetic nutrients (fertilizers). Thus,fertilizers are the fuel behind the “green revolution”, directlyresponsible for the exceptional increase in crop yields during the last40 years, and are considered the number one overhead expense inagriculture. For example, inorganic nitrogenous fertilizers such asammonium nitrate, potassium nitrate, or urea, typically accounts for 40%of the costs associated with crops such as corn and wheat. Of the threemacronutrients provided as main fertilizers [Nitrogen (N), Phosphate (P)and Potassium (K)], nitrogen is often the rate-limiting element in plantgrowth and all field crops have a fundamental dependence on inorganicnitrogenous fertilizer. Nitrogen is responsible for biosynthesis ofamino and nucleic acids, prosthetic groups, plant hormones, plantchemical defenses, etc. and usually needs to be replenished every year,particularly for cereals, which comprise more than half of thecultivated areas worldwide. Thus, nitrogen is translocated to the shoot,where it is stored in the leaves and stalk during the rapid step ofplant development and up until flowering. In corn for example, plantsaccumulate the bulk of their organic nitrogen during the period of graingermination, and until flowering. Once fertilization of the plant hasoccurred, grains begin to form and become the main sink of plantnitrogen. The stored nitrogen can be then redistributed from the leavesand stalk that served as storage compartments until grain formation.

Since fertilizer is rapidly depleted from most soil types, it must besupplied to growing crops two or three times during the growing season.In addition, the low nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of the main crops(e.g., in the range of only 30-70%) negatively affects the inputexpenses for the farmer, due to the excess fertilizer applied. Moreover,the over and inefficient use of fertilizers are major factorsresponsible for environmental problems such as eutrophication ofgroundwater, lakes, rivers and seas, nitrate pollution in drinking waterwhich can cause methemoglobinemia, phosphate pollution, atmosphericpollution and the like. However, in spite of the negative impact offertilizers on the environment, and the limits on fertilizer use, whichhave been legislated in several countries, the use of fertilizers isexpected to increase in order to support food and fiber production forrapid population growth on limited land resources. For example, it hasbeen estimated that by 2050, more than 150 million tons of nitrogenousfertilizer will be used worldwide annually.

Increased use efficiency of nitrogen by plants should enable crops to becultivated with lower fertilizer input, or alternatively to becultivated on soils of poorer quality and would therefore havesignificant economic impact in both developed and developingagricultural systems.

Genetic improvement of fertilizer use efficiency (FUE) in plants can begenerated either via traditional breeding or via genetic engineering.

Attempts to generate plants with increased FUE have been described inU.S. Pat. Appl. Publication No. 20020046419 (U.S. Pat. No. 7,262,055 toChoo, et al.); U.S. Pat. Appl. No. 20050108791 to Edgerton et al.; U.S.Pat. Appl. No. 20060179511 to Chomet et al.: Good, A, et al. 2007(Engineering nitrogen use efficiency with alanine aminotransferase.Canadian Journal of Botany 85: 252-262); and Good A G et al. 2004(Trends Plant Sci. 9:597-605).

Yanagisawa et al. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2004 101:7833-8)describe Dof1 transgenic plants which exhibit improved growth underlow-nitrogen conditions.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,084,153 to Good et al. discloses the use of a stressresponsive promoter to control the expression of Alanine AmineTransferase (AlaAT) and transgenic canola plants with improved droughtand nitrogen deficiency tolerance when compared to control plants.

Abiotic stress (ABS; also referred to as “environmental stress”)conditions such as salinity, drought, flood, suboptimal temperature andtoxic chemical pollution, cause substantial damage to agriculturalplants. Most plants have evolved strategies to protect themselvesagainst these conditions. However, if the severity and duration of thestress conditions are too great, the effects on plant development,growth and yield of most crop plants are profound. Furthermore, most ofthe crop plants are highly susceptible to abiotic stress and thusnecessitate optimal growth conditions for commercial crop yields.Continuous exposure to stress causes major alterations in the plantmetabolism which ultimately leads to cell death and consequently yieldlosses.

Drought is a gradual phenomenon, which involves periods of abnormallydry weather that persists long enough to produce serious hydrologicimbalances such as crop damage, water supply shortage and increasedsusceptibility to various diseases. In severe cases, drought can lastmany years and results in devastating effects on agriculture and watersupplies. Furthermore, drought is associated with increasesusceptibility to various diseases.

For most crop plants, the land regions of the world are too arid. Inaddition, overuse of available water results in increased loss ofagriculturally-usable land (desertification), and increase of saltaccumulation in soils adds to the loss of available water in soils.

Salinity, high salt levels, affects one in five hectares of irrigatedland. None of the top five food crops, i.e., wheat, corn, rice,potatoes, and soybean, can tolerate excessive salt. Detrimental effectsof salt on plants result from both water deficit, which leads to osmoticstress (similar to drought stress), and the effect of excess sodium ionson critical biochemical processes. As with freezing and drought, highsalt causes water deficit; and the presence of high salt makes itdifficult for plant roots to extract water from their environment. Soilsalinity is thus one of the more important variables that determinewhether a plant may thrive. In many parts of the world, sizable landareas are uncultivable due to naturally high soil salinity. Thus,salination of soils that are used for agricultural production is asignificant and increasing problem in regions that rely heavily onagriculture, and is worsen by over-utilization, over-fertilization andwater shortage, typically caused by climatic change and the demands ofincreasing population. Salt tolerance is of particular importance earlyin a plant's lifecycle, since evaporation from the soil surface causesupward water movement, and salt accumulates in the upper soil layerwhere the seeds are placed. On the other hand, germination normallytakes place at a salt concentration which is higher than the mean saltlevel in the whole soil profile.

Salt and drought stress signal transduction consist of ionic and osmotichomeostasis signaling pathways. The ionic aspect of salt stress issignaled via the SOS pathway where a calcium-responsive SOS3-SOS2protein kinase complex controls the expression and activity of iontransporters such as SOS1. The osmotic component of salt stress involvescomplex plant reactions that overlap with drought and/or cold stressresponses.

Suboptimal temperatures affect plant growth and development through thewhole plant life cycle. Thus, low temperatures reduce germination rateand high temperatures result in leaf necrosis. In addition, matureplants that are exposed to excess of heat may experience heat shock,which may arise in various organs, including leaves and particularlyfruit, when transpiration is insufficient to overcome heat stress. Heatalso damages cellular structures, including organelles and cytoskeleton,and impairs membrane function. Heat shock may produce a decrease inoverall protein synthesis, accompanied by expression of heat shockproteins, e.g., chaperones, which are involved in refolding proteinsdenatured by heat. High-temperature damage to pollen almost alwaysoccurs in conjunction with drought stress, and rarely occurs underwell-watered conditions. Combined stress can alter plant metabolism innovel ways. Excessive chilling conditions, e.g., low, but abovefreezing, temperatures affect crops of tropical origins, such assoybean, rice, maize, and cotton. Typical chilling damage includeswilting, necrosis, chlorosis or leakage of ions from cell membranes. Theunderlying mechanisms of chilling sensitivity are not completelyunderstood yet, but probably involve the level of membrane saturationand other physiological deficiencies. Excessive light conditions, whichoccur under clear atmospheric conditions subsequent to cold latesummer/autumn nights, can lead to photoinhibition of photosynthesis(disruption of photosynthesis). In addition, chilling may lead to yieldlosses and lower product quality through the delayed ripening of maize.

Common aspects of drought, cold and salt stress response [Reviewed inXiong and Zhu (2002) Plant Cell Environ. 25: 131-139] include: (a)transient changes in the cytoplasmic calcium levels early in thesignaling event; (b) signal transduction via mitogen-activated and/orcalcium dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) and protein phosphatases; (c)increases in abscisic acid levels in response to stress triggering asubset of responses; (d) inositol phosphates as signal molecules (atleast for a subset of the stress responsive transcriptional changes; (e)activation of phospholipases which in turn generates a diverse array ofsecond messenger molecules, some of which might regulate the activity ofstress responsive kinases; (f) induction of late embryogenesis abundant(LEA) type genes including the CRT/DRE responsive COR/RD genes; (g)increased levels of antioxidants and compatible osmolytes such asproline and soluble sugars; and (h) accumulation of reactive oxygenspecies such as superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, and hydroxyl radicals.Abscisic acid biosynthesis is regulated by osmotic stress at multiplesteps. Both ABA-dependent and -independent osmotic stress signalingfirst modify constitutively expressed transcription factors, leading tothe expression of early response transcriptional activators, which thenactivate downstream stress tolerance effector genes.

Several genes which increase tolerance to cold or salt stress can alsoimprove drought stress protection, these include for example, thetranscription factor AtCBF/DREB1, OsCDPK7 (Saijo et al. 2000, Plant J.23: 319-327) or AVP1 (a vacuolar pyrophosphatase-proton pump, Gaxiola etal. 2001, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98: 11444-11449).

Studies have shown that plant adaptations to adverse environmentalconditions are complex genetic traits with polygenic nature.Conventional means for crop and horticultural improvements utilizeselective breeding techniques to identify plants having desirablecharacteristics. However, selective breeding is tedious, time consumingand has an unpredictable outcome. Furthermore, limited germplasmresources for yield improvement and incompatibility in crosses betweendistantly related plant species represent significant problemsencountered in conventional breeding. Advances in genetic engineeringhave allowed mankind to modify the germplasm of plants by expression ofgenes-of-interest in plants. Such a technology has the capacity togenerate crops or plants with improved economic, agronomic orhorticultural traits.

Genetic engineering efforts, aimed at conferring abiotic stresstolerance to transgenic crops, have been described in variouspublications [Apse and Blumwald (Curr Opin Biotechnol. 13:146-150,2002), Quesada et al. (Plant Physiol. 130:951-963, 2002), Holmström etal. (Nature 379: 683-684, 1996). Xu et al. (Plant Physiol 110: 249-257,1996), Pilon-Smits and Ebskamp (Plant Physiol 107: 125-130, 1995) andTarczynski et al. (Science 259: 508-510, 1993)].

Various patents and patent applications disclose genes and proteinswhich can be used for increasing tolerance of plants to abioticstresses. These include for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,296,462 and5,356,816 (for increasing tolerance to cold stress); U.S. Pat. No.6,670,528 (for increasing ABST); U.S. Pat. No. 6,720,477 (for increasingABST); U.S. application Ser. Nos. 09/938,842 and 10/342,224 (forincreasing ABST); U.S. application Ser. No. 10/231,035 (for increasingABST); WO2004/104162 (for increasing ABST and biomass); WO2007/020638(for increasing ABST, biomass, vigor and/or yield); WO2007/049275 (forincreasing ABST, biomass, vigor and/or yield); WO2010/076756 (forincreasing ABST, biomass and/or yield). WO2009/083958 (for increasingwater use efficiency, fertilizer use efficiency, biotic/abiotic stresstolerance, yield and/or biomass); WO2010/020941 (for increasing nitrogenuse efficiency, abiotic stress tolerance, yield and/or biomass);WO2009/141824 (for increasing plant utility); WO2010/049897 (forincreasing plant yield).

Nutrient deficiencies cause adaptations of the root architecture,particularly notably for example is the root proliferation withinnutrient rich patches to increase nutrient uptake. Nutrient deficienciescause also the activation of plant metabolic pathways which maximize theabsorption, assimilation and distribution processes such as byactivating architectural changes. Engineering the expression of thetriggered genes may cause the plant to exhibit the architectural changesand enhanced metabolism also under other conditions.

In addition, it is widely known that the plants usually respond to waterdeficiency by creating a deeper root system that allows access tomoisture located in deeper soil layers. Triggering this effect willallow the plants to access nutrients and water located in deeper soilhorizons particularly those readily dissolved in water like nitrates.

Cotton and cotton by-products provide raw materials that are used toproduce a wealth of consumer-based products in addition to textilesincluding cotton foodstuffs, livestock feed, fertilizer and paper. Theproduction, marketing, consumption and trade of cotton-based productsgenerate an excess of $100 billion annually in the U.S. alone, makingcotton the number one value-added crop.

Even though 90% of cotton's value as a crop resides in the fiber (lint),yield and fiber quality has declined due to general erosion in geneticdiversity of cotton varieties, and an increased vulnerability of thecrop to environmental conditions.

There are many varieties of cotton plant, from which cotton fibers witha range of characteristics can be obtained and used for variousapplications. Cotton fibers may be characterized according to a varietyof properties, some of which are considered highly desirable within thetextile industry for the production of increasingly high qualityproducts and optimal exploitation of modem spinning technologies.Commercially desirable properties include length, length uniformity,fineness, maturity ratio, decreased fuzz fiber production, micronaire,bundle strength, and single fiber strength. Much effort has been putinto the improvement of the characteristics of cotton fibers mainlyfocusing on fiber length and fiber fineness. In particular, there is agreat demand for cotton fibers of specific lengths.

A cotton fiber is composed of a single cell that has differentiated froman epidermal cell of the seed coat, developing through four stages,i.e., initiation, elongation, secondary cell wall thickening andmaturation stages. More specifically, the elongation of a cotton fibercommences in the epidermal cell of the ovule immediately followingflowering, after which the cotton fiber rapidly elongates forapproximately 21 days. Fiber elongation is then terminated, and asecondary cell wall is formed and grown through maturation to become amature cotton fiber.

Several candidate genes which are associated with the elongation,formation, quality and yield of cotton fibers were disclosed in variouspatent applications such as U.S. Pat. No. 5,880,100 and U.S. patentapplication Ser. Nos. 08/580,545, 08/867,484 and 09/262,653 (describinggenes involved in cotton fiber elongation stage); WO0245485 (improvingfiber quality by modulating sucrose synthase); U.S. Pat. No. 6,472,588and WO0117333 (increasing fiber quality by transformation with a DNAencoding sucrose phosphate synthase); WO9508914 (using a fiber-specificpromoter and a coding sequence encoding cotton peroxidase); WO9626639(using an ovary specific promoter sequence to express plant growthmodifying hormones in cotton ovule tissue, for altering fiber qualitycharacteristics such as fiber dimension and strength); U.S. Pat. Nos.5,981,834, 5,597,718, 5,620,882, 5,521,708 and 5,495,070 (codingsequences to alter the fiber characteristics of transgenic fiberproducing plants); U.S. patent applications U.S. 2002049999 and U.S.2003074697 (expressing a gene coding for endoxyloglucan transferase,catalase or peroxidase for improving cotton fiber characteristics); WO01/40250 (improving cotton fiber quality by modulating transcriptionfactor gene expression); WO 96/40924 (a cotton fiber transcriptionalinitiation regulatory region associated which is expressed in cottonfiber); EP0834566 (a gene which controls the fiber formation mechanismin cotton plant); WO2005/121364 (improving cotton fiber quality bymodulating gene expression); WO2008/075364 (improving fiber quality,yield/biomass/vigor and/or abiotic stress tolerance of plants).

WO publication No. 2004/104162 discloses methods of increasing abioticstress tolerance and/or biomass in plants and plants generated thereby.

WO publication No. 2004/111183 discloses nucleotide sequences forregulating gene expression in plant trichomes and constructs and methodsutilizing same.

WO publication No. 2004/081173 discloses novel plant derived regulatorysequences and constructs and methods of using such sequences fordirecting expression of exogenous polynucleotide sequences in plants.

WO publication No. 2005/121364 discloses polynucleotides andpolypeptides involved in plant fiber development and methods of usingsame for improving fiber quality, yield and/or biomass of a fiberproducing plant.

WO publication No. 2007/049275 discloses isolated polypeptides,polynucleotides encoding same, transgenic plants expressing same andmethods of using same for increasing fertilizer use efficiency, plantabiotic stress tolerance and biomass.

WO publication No. 2007/020638 discloses methods of increasing abioticstress tolerance and/or biomass in plants and plants generated thereby.

WO publication No. 2008/122980 discloses genes constructs and methodsfor increasing oil content, growth rate and biomass of plants.

WO publication No. 2008/075364 discloses polynucleotides involved inplant fiber development and methods of using same.

WO publication No. 2009/083958 discloses methods of increasing water useefficiency, fertilizer use efficiency, biotic/abiotic stress tolerance,yield and biomass in plant and plants generated thereby.

WO publication No. 2009/141824 discloses isolated polynucleotides andmethods using same for increasing plant utility.

WO publication No. 2009/013750 discloses genes, constructs and methodsof increasing abiotic stress tolerance, biomass and/or yield in plantsgenerated thereby.

WO publication No. 2010/020941 discloses methods of increasing nitrogenuse efficiency, abiotic stress tolerance, yield and biomass in plantsand plants generated thereby.

WO publication No. 2010/076756 discloses isolated polynucleotides forincreasing abiotic stress tolerance, yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor,oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, and/or nitrogen use efficiencyof a plant.

WO2010/100595 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing plant yieldand/or agricultural characteristics.

WO publication No. 2010/049897 discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides and methods of using same for increasing plant yield,biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, abiotic stress tolerance ofplants and nitrogen use efficiency.

WO2010/143138 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing nitrogen useefficiency, fertilizer use efficiency, yield, growth rate, vigor,biomass, oil content, abiotic stress tolerance and/or water useefficiency

WO publication No. 2011/080674 discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides and methods of using same for increasing plant yield,biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, abiotic stress tolerance ofplants and nitrogen use efficiency.

WO2011/015985 publication discloses polynucleotides and polypeptides forincreasing desirable plant qualities.

WO2011/135527 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides for increasing plant yield and/or agriculturalcharacteristics.

WO2012/028993 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing nitrogen useefficiency, yield, growth rate, vigor, biomass, oil content, and/orabiotic stress tolerance.

WO2012/085862 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides, and methods of using same for improving plant properties.

WO2012/150598 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides and methods of using same for increasing plant yield,biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, abiotic stress tolerance ofplants and nitrogen use efficiency.

WO2013/027223 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing plant yieldand/or agricultural characteristics.

WO2013/080203 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing nitrogen useefficiency, yield, growth rate, vigor, biomass, oil content, and/orabiotic stress tolerance.

WO2013/098819 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing yield of plants.

WO2013/128448 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides and methods of using same for increasing plant yield,biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, abiotic stress tolerance ofplants and nitrogen use efficiency.

WO 2013/179211 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing plant yieldand/or agricultural characteristics.

WO2014/033714 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides,polypeptides and methods of using same for increasing abiotic stresstolerance, biomass and yield of plants.

WO2014/102773 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing nitrogen useefficiency of plants.

WO2014/102774 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides, construct and plants comprising same and methods of usingsame for increasing nitrogen use efficiency of plants.

WO2014/188428 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing plant yieldand/or agricultural characteristics.

WO2015/029031 publication discloses isolated polynucleotides andpolypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing plant yieldand/or agricultural characteristics.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of increasing yield, growth rate, biomass,vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiberlength, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abioticstress tolerance of a plant, comprising expressing within the plant anexogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding apolypeptide at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 182-184, 186-202,204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275,277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754,3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833,4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217,5231, 5233, 5239, 5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456,5465-5673, 5675-5686, 5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715,5717-5785, 5831, 5869, 5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132,6383, 6405, 6493, 6523, 6533-6537, 6563-6588 or 6589, thereby increasingthe yield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogenuse efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance of the plant.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of increasing yield, growth rate, biomass,vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiberlength, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abioticstress tolerance of a plant, comprising expressing within the plant anexogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding apolypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216,219-223, 225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327,4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848,4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893,4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924,4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971,4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347,5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439,5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796,5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832,5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896,5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941,5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991,5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154,6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589,thereby increasing the yield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content,seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosyntheticcapacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance ofthe plant.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of producing a crop comprising growing a cropplant transformed with an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleicacid sequence encoding a polypeptide at least 80% homologous to theamino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260,262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724,3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813,4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070,5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239, 5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429,5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686, 5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707,5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869, 5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093,6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523, 6533-6537, and 6563-6589, wherein the cropplant is derived from plants which have been transformed with theexogenous polynucleotide and which have been selected for increasedyield, increased growth rate, increased biomass, increased vigor,increased oil content, increased seed yield, increased fiber yield,increased fiber quality, increased fiber length, increasedphotosynthetic capacity, increased nitrogen use efficiency, and/orincreased abiotic stress tolerance as compared to a wild type plant ofthe same species which is grown under the same growth conditions, andthe crop plant having the increased yield, increased growth rate,increased biomass, increased vigor, increased oil content, increasedseed yield, increased fiber yield, increased fiber quality, increasedfiber length, increased photosynthetic capacity, increased nitrogen useefficiency, and/or increased abiotic stress tolerance, thereby producingthe crop.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of increasing yield, growth rate, biomass,vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiberlength, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abioticstress tolerance of a plant, comprising expressing within the plant anexogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence at least 80%identical to SEQ ID NO: 1-3, 5-21, 23-35, 38-42, 44, 46-51, 54-55, 57,59-79, 81-87, 89-103, 105-119, 121-133, 136-139, 141, 143-148, 151-152,155-173, 175-180, 298-322, 342, 377, 380-381, 384, 387, 396-397, 419,440, 461-1016, 1028, 1088, 1143, 1187, 1204-1549, 1555-1557, 1561,1572-1573, 1586, 1598-1599, 1648-1651, 1674, 1676-1677, 1816-1864,1867-1886, 1918, 2075, 2090, 2092-2093, 2099-2100, 2107, 2116,2118-2166, 2292, 2295-2312, 2334-2344, 2354-2602, 2604-2615, 2617-2624,2626-2627, 2629, 2631-2636, 2638-2644, 2646-2725, 2786, 2827, 2948,2978-3018, 3020-3030, 3032-3085, 3135, 3233, 3416, 3439, 3527, 3538,3572, 3582-3588, 3619-3649 or 3650, thereby increasing the yield, growthrate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiberquality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency,and/or abiotic stress tolerance of the plant.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of increasing yield, growth rate, biomass,vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiberlength, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abioticstress tolerance of a plant, comprising expressing within the plant anexogenous polynucleotide comprising the nucleic acid sequence selectedfrom the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-42, 44-57, 59-181, and298-3650, thereby increasing the yield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oilcontent, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length,photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abiotic stresstolerance of the plant.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of producing a crop comprising growing a cropplant transformed with an exogenous polynucleotide which comprises anucleic acid sequence which is at least 80% identical to the nucleicacid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3,5-21, 23-35, 38-42, 44, 46-51, 54-55, 57, 59-79, 81-87, 89-103, 105-119,121-133, 136-139, 141, 143-148, 151-152, 155-173, 175-180, 298-322, 342,377, 380-381, 384, 387, 396-397, 419, 440, 461-1016, 1028, 1088, 1143,1187, 1204-1549, 1555-1557, 1561, 1572-1573, 1586, 1598-1599, 1648-1651,1674, 1676-1677, 1816-1864, 1867-1886, 1918, 2075, 2090, 2092-2093,2099-2100, 2107, 2116, 2118-2166, 2292, 2295-2312, 2334-2344, 2354-2602,2604-2615, 2617-2624, 2626-2627, 2629, 2631-2636, 2638-2644, 2646-2725,2786, 2827, 2948, 2978-3018, 3020-3030, 3032-3085, 3135, 3233, 3416,3439, 3527, 3538, 3572, 3582-3588, and 3619-3650, wherein the crop plantis derived from plants which have been transformed with the exogenouspolynucleotide and which have been selected for increased yield,increased growth rate, increased biomass, increased vigor, increased oilcontent, increased seed yield, increased fiber yield, increased fiberquality, increased fiber length, increased photosynthetic capacity,increased nitrogen use efficiency, and/or increased abiotic stresstolerance as compared to a wild type plant of the same species which isgrown under the same growth conditions, and the crop plant having theincreased yield, increased growth rate, increased biomass, increasedvigor, increased oil content, increased seed yield, increased fiberyield, increased fiber quality, increased fiber length, increasedphotosynthetic capacity, increased nitrogen use efficiency, and/orincreased abiotic stress tolerance, thereby producing the crop.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acidsequence encoding a polypeptide which comprises an amino acid sequenceat least 80% homologous to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ IDNO: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232, 235-236, 238,240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721,3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374, 4425, 4464,4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050,5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239, 5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412,5415-5429, 5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686, 5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700,5702-5707, 5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869, 5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053,6055-6093, 6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523, 6533-6537, 6563-6588 or 6589,wherein the amino acid sequence is capable of increasing yield, growthrate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiberquality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency,and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acidsequence encoding a polypeptide which comprises the amino acid sequenceselected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216, 219-223,225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815,4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855,4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896,4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941,4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997,4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358,5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456,5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800,5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853,5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898,5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943,5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995,5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154, 6156-6161,6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acidsequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NOs: 1-3, 5-21, 23-35, 38-42,44, 46-51, 54-55, 57, 59-79, 81-87, 89-103, 105-119, 121-133, 136-139,141, 143-148, 151-152, 155-173, 175-180, 298-322, 342, 377, 380-381,384, 387, 396-397, 419, 440, 461-1016, 1028, 1088, 1143, 1187,1204-1549, 1555-1557, 1561, 1572-1573, 1586, 1598-1599, 1648-1651, 1674,1676-1677, 1816-1864, 1867-1886, 1918, 2075, 2090, 2092-2093, 2099-2100,2107, 2116, 2118-2166, 2292, 2295-2312, 2334-2344, 2354-2602, 2604-2615,2617-2624, 2626-2627, 2629, 2631-2636, 2638-2644, 2646-2725, 2786, 2827,2948, 2978-3018, 3020-3030, 3032-3085, 3135, 3233, 3416, 3439, 3527,3538, 3572, 3582-3588, and 3619-3650, wherein the nucleic acid sequenceis capable of increasing yield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oilcontent, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length,photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abiotic stresstolerance of a plant.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided an isolated polynucleotide comprising the nucleic acidsequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-42, 44-57,59-181, and 298-3650.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a nucleic acid construct comprising the isolatedpolynucleotide of some embodiments of the invention, and a promoter fordirecting transcription of the nucleic acid sequence in a host cell.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided an isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acidsequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 182-184, 186-202,204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275,277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754,3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833,4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217,5231, 5233, 5239, 5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456,5465-5673, 5675-5686, 5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715,5717-5785, 5831, 5869, 5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132,6383, 6405, 6493, 6523, 6533-6537, 6563-6588 or 6589, wherein the aminoacid sequence is capable of increasing yield, growth rate, biomass,vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiberlength, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abioticstress tolerance of a plant.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided an isolated polypeptide comprising the amino acidsequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216,219-223, 225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327,4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848,4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893,4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924,4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971,4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347,5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439,5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796,5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832,5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896,5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941,5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991,5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154,6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a plant cell exogenously expressing the polynucleotideof claim 7, 8, 9 or 10, or the nucleic acid construct of someembodiments of the invention.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a plant cell exogenously expressing the polypeptide ofsome embodiments of the invention.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the nucleic acidsequence encodes an amino acid sequence selected from the groupconsisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216, 219-223, 225-233, 235-238, 240-260,262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833,4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870,4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913,4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957,4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326,5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408,5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788,5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823,5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879,5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930,5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970,5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119,6121-6154, 6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and6503-6589.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the nucleic acidsequence is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-42,44-57, 59-181, and 298-3650.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the polynucleotideconsists of the nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consistingof SEQ ID NOs: 1-42, 44-57, 59-181, and 298-3650.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the nucleic acidsequence encodes the amino acid sequence selected from the groupconsisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216, 219-223, 225-233, 235-238, 240-260,262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833,4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870,4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913,4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957,4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326,5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408,5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788,5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823,5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879,5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930,5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970,5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119,6121-6154, 6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and6503-6589.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the plant cell formspart of a plant.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the method furthercomprising growing the plant expressing the exogenous polynucleotideunder the abiotic stress.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the abiotic stress isselected from the group consisting of salinity, drought, osmotic stress,water deprivation, flood, etiolation, low temperature, high temperature,heavy metal toxicity, anaerobiosis, nutrient deficiency, nitrogendeficiency, nutrient excess, atmospheric pollution and UV irradiation.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the yield comprises seedyield or oil yield.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a transgenic plant comprising the nucleic acidconstruct of any of claims 11 and 16-19 or the plant cell of any ofclaims 14-20 and 22-23.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the method furthercomprising growing the plant expressing the exogenous polynucleotideunder nitrogen-limiting conditions.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the promoter isheterologous to the isolated polynucleotide and/or to the host cell.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of growing a crop, the method comprisingseeding seeds and/or planting plantlets of a plant transformed with theisolated polynucleotide of claim 7, 8, 9, or 10, or with the nucleicacid construct of claim 11, wherein the plant is derived from plantswhich have been transformed with the exogenous polynucleotide and whichhave been selected for at least one trait selected from the groupconsisting of: increased nitrogen use efficiency, increased abioticstress tolerance, increased biomass, increased growth rate, increasedvigor, increased yield, increased fiber yield, increased fiber quality,increased fiber length, increased photosynthetic capacity, and increasedoil content as compared to a non-transformed plant, thereby growing thecrop.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the non-transformedplant is a wild type plant of identical genetic background.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the non-transformedplant is a wild type plant of the same species.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the non-transformedplant is grown under identical growth conditions.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the method furthercomprising selecting a plant having an increased yield, growth rate,biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality,fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/orabiotic stress tolerance as compared to the wild type plant of the samespecies which is grown under the same growth conditions.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of selecting a transformed plant havingincreased yield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield,fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity,nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance as compared toa wild type plant of the same species which is grown under the samegrowth conditions, the method comprising:

(a) providing plants transformed with an exogenous polynucleotideencoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 80%homologous to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consistingof SEQ ID NOs: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232,235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671,3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374,4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888,4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239, 5246,5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686,5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869,5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523,6533-6537, and 6563-6589,

(b) selecting from the plants of step (a) a plant having increasedyield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogenuse efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance as compared to a wildtype plant of the same species which is grown under the same growthconditions,

thereby selecting the plant having the increased yield, growth rate,biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality,fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/orabiotic stress tolerance as compared to the wild type plant of the samespecies which is grown under the same growth conditions.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of selecting a transformed plant havingincreased yield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield,fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity,nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance as compared toa wild type plant of the same species which is grown under the samegrowth conditions, the method comprising:

(a) providing plants transformed with an exogenous polynucleotide atleast 80% identical to the nucleic acid sequence selected from the groupconsisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3, 5-21, 23-35, 38-42, 44, 46-51, 54-55, 57,59-79, 81-87, 89-103, 105-119, 121-133, 136-139, 141, 143-148, 151-152,155-173, 175-180, 298-322, 342, 377, 380-381, 384, 387, 396-397, 419,440, 461-1016, 1028, 1088, 1143, 1187, 1204-1549, 1555-1557, 1561,1572-1573, 1586, 1598-1599, 1648-1651, 1674, 1676-1677, 1816-1864,1867-1886, 1918, 2075, 2090, 2092-2093, 2099-2100, 2107, 2116,2118-2166, 2292, 2295-2312, 2334-2344, 2354-2602, 2604-2615, 2617-2624,2626-2627, 2629, 2631-2636, 2638-2644, 2646-2725, 2786, 2827, 2948,2978-3018, 3020-3030, 3032-3085, 3135, 3233, 3416, 3439, 3527, 3538,3572, 3582-3588, and 3619-3650,

(b) selecting from the plants of step (a) a plant having increasedyield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogenuse efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance as compared to a wildtype plant of the same species which is grown under the same growthconditions,

thereby selecting the plant having the increased yield, growth rate,biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality,fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/orabiotic stress tolerance as compared to the wild type plant of the samespecies which is grown under the same growth conditions.

According to some embodiments of the invention, selecting is performedunder non-stress conditions.

According to some embodiments of the invention, selecting is performedunder abiotic stress conditions.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and/or scientific terms usedherein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinaryskill in the art to which the invention pertains. Although methods andmaterials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used inthe practice or testing of embodiments of the invention, exemplarymethods and/or materials are described below. In case of conflict, thepatent specification, including definitions, will control. In addition,the materials, methods, and examples are illustrative only and are notintended to be necessarily limiting.

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Some embodiments of the invention are herein described, by way ofexample only, with reference to the accompanying drawings. With specificreference now to the drawings in detail, it is stressed that theparticulars shown are by way of example and for purposes of illustrativediscussion of embodiments of the invention. In this regard, thedescription taken with the drawings makes apparent to those skilled inthe art how embodiments of the invention may be practiced.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of the modified pGI binary plasmidcontaining the new At6669 promoter (SEQ ID NO: 6614) and the GUSintron(pQYN 6669) used for expressing the isolated polynucleotide sequences ofthe invention. RB—T-DNA right border; LB—T-DNA left border, MCS—Multiplecloning site; RE—any restriction enzyme; NOS pro=nopaline synthasepromoter: NPT-II=neomycin phosphotransferase gene; NOS ter=nopalinesynthase terminator, Poly-A signal (polyadenylation signal);GUSintron—the GUS reporter gene (coding sequence and intron). Theisolated polynucleotide sequences of the invention were cloned into thevector while replacing the GUSintron reporter gene.

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of the modified pGI binary plasmidcontaining the new At6669 promoter (SEQ ID NO: 6614) (pQFN or pQFNc orpQsFN) used for expressing the isolated polynucleotide sequences of theinvention. RB—T-DNA right border. LB—T-DNA left border, MCS—Multiplecloning site; RE—any restriction enzyme; NOS pro=nopaline synthasepromoter; NPT-II=neomycin phosphotransferase gene; NOS ter=nopalinesynthase terminator, Poly-A signal (polyadenylation signal); Theisolated polynucleotide sequences of the invention were cloned into theMCS of the vector.

FIGS. 3A-3F are images depicting visualization of root development oftransgenic plants exogenously expressing the polynucleotide of someembodiments of the invention when grown in transparent agar plates undernormal (FIGS. 3A-3B), osmotic stress (15% PEG; FIGS. 3C-3D) ornitrogen-limiting (FIGS. 3E-3F) conditions. The different transgeneswere grown in transparent agar plates for 17 days (7 days nursery and 10days after transplanting). The plates were photographed every 3-4 daysstarting at day 1 after transplanting. FIG. 3A—An image of a photographof plants taken following 10 after transplanting days on agar plateswhen grown under normal (standard) conditions. FIG. 3B—An image of rootanalysis of the plants shown in FIG. 3A in which the lengths of theroots measured are represented by arrows. FIG. 3C—An image of aphotograph of plants taken following 10 days after transplanting on agarplates, grown under high osmotic (PEG 15%) conditions. FIG. 3D—An imageof root analysis of the plants shown in FIG. 3C in which the lengths ofthe roots measured are represented by arrows. FIG. 3E—An image of aphotograph of plants taken following 10 days after transplanting on agarplates, grown under low nitrogen conditions. FIG. 3F—An image of rootanalysis of the plants shown in FIG. 3E in which the lengths of theroots measured are represented by arrows.

FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of the modified pG binary plasmidcontaining the Root Promoter (pQNa RP) used for expressing the isolatedpolynucleotide sequences of the invention. RB—T-DNA right border,LB—T-DNA left border, NOS pro=nopaline synthase promoter,NPT-II=neomycin phosphotransferase gene; NOS ter=nopaline synthaseterminator; Poly-A signal (polyadenylation signal); The isolatedpolynucleotide sequences according to some embodiments of the inventionwere cloned into the MCS (Multiple cloning site) of the vector.

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of the pQYN plasmid.

FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of the pQFN plasmid.

FIG. 7 is a schematic illustration of the pQFYN plasmid.

FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration of the modified pGI binary plasmid(pQXNc) used for expressing the isolated polynucleotide sequences ofsome embodiments of the invention. RB—T-DNA right border; LB—T-DNA leftborder NOS pro=nopaline synthase promoter; NPT-II=neomycinphosphotransferase gene; NOS ter=nopaline synthase terminator; RE=anyrestriction enzyme; Poly-A signal (polyadenylation signal); 35S—the 35Spromoter (pQXNc); SEQ ID NO: 6610). The isolated polynucleotidesequences of some embodiments of the invention were cloned into the MCS(Multiple cloning site) of the vector.

FIGS. 9A-9B are schematic illustrations of the pEBbVNi tDNA (FIG. 9A)and the pEBbNi tDNA (FIG. 9B) plasmids used in the Brachypodiumexperiments, pEBbVNi tDNA (FIG. 9A) was used for expression of theisolated polynucleotide sequences of some embodiments of the inventionin Brachypodium, pEBbNi tDNA (FIG. 9B) was used for transformation intoBrachypodium as a negative control. “RB”=right border; “2LBregion”=2repeats of left border: “35S”=35S promoter (SEQ ID NO: 10666 in FIG.9A); “Ubiquitin promoter (SEQ ID NO: 6600 in both of FIGS. 9A and 9B:“NOS ter”=nopaline synthase terminator; “Bar ORF”—BAR open reading frame(GenBank Accession No. JQ293091.1: SEQ ID NO: 6627) The isolatedpolynucleotide sequences of some embodiments of the invention werecloned into the Multiple cloning site of the vector using one or more ofthe indicated restriction enzyme sites.

FIG. 10 depicts seedling analysis of an Arabidopsis plant having shoots(upper part, marked “#1”) and roots (lower part, marked “#2”). Using animage analysis system the minimal convex area encompassed by the rootsis determined. Such area corresponds to the root coverage of the plant.

FIG. 11 is a schematic illustration of the pQ6sVN plasmid. pQ6sVN wasused for expression of the isolated polynucleotide sequences of someembodiments of the invention in Brachypodium. “35S(V)”=35S promoter (SEQID NO:6626); “NOS ter”=nopaline synthase terminator, “Bar_GA”=BAR openreading frame optimized for expression in Brachypodium (SEQ ID NO:6628); “Hygro”=Hygromycin resistance gene. “Ubi1 promoter”=SEQ ID NO:6600; The isolated polynucleotide sequences of some embodiments of theinvention were cloned into the Multiple cloning site of the vector(downstream of the “35S(V)” promoter) using one or more of the indicatedrestriction enzyme sites.

FIG. 12 is a schematic illustration of the pQsFN plasmid containing thenew At6669 promoter (SEQ ID NO: 6614) used for expression the isolatedpolynucleotide sequences of the invention in Arabidopsis. RB—T-DNA rightborder; LB—T-DNA left border MCS—Multiple cloning site; RE—anyrestriction enzyme: NOS pro=nopaline synthase promoter; NPT-II=neomycinphosphotransferase gene; NOS ter=nopaline synthase terminator Poly-Asignal (polyadenylation signal): The isolated polynucleotide sequencesof the invention were cloned into the MCS of the vector.

FIG. 13 is schematic illustration pQ6sN plasmid, which is used as anegative control (“empty vector”) of the experiments performed when theplants were transformed with the pQ6sVN vector. “Ubi1” promoter (SEQ IDNO: 6600); NOS ter=nopaline synthase terminator; “Bar_GA”=BAR openreading frame optimized for expression in Brachypodium (SEQ ID NO:6628).

DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

The present inventors have identified novel polypeptides andpolynucleotides which can be used to generate nucleic acid constructs,transgenic plants and to increase nitrogen use efficiency, fertilizeruse efficiency, yield, growth rate, vigor, biomass, oil content, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, abioticstress tolerance and/or water use efficiency of a plant, such as a wheatplant.

Thus, as shown in the Examples section which follows, the presentinventors have utilized bioinformatics tools to identify polynucleotideswhich enhance/increase fertilizer use efficiency (e.g., nitrogen useefficiency), yield (e.g., seed yield, oil yield, oil content), growthrate, biomass, vigor, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length,photosynthetic capacity, and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant.Genes which affect the trait-of-interest were identified [SEQ ID NOs:182-297 for polypeptides; and SEQ ID NOs: 1-181 for polynucleotides]based on expression profiles of genes of several Sorghum, Maize, Foxtailmillet, Barley, tomato, soybean, Arabidopsis, bean, and cotton ecotypes,varieties and/or accessions in various tissues and growth conditions,homology with genes known to affect the trait-of-interest and usingdigital expression profile in specific tissues and conditions (Tables1-178, Examples 1-18 of the Examples section which follows). Homologous(e.g., orthologous) polypeptides and polynucleotides having the samefunction in increasing fertilizer use efficiency (e.g., nitrogen useefficiency), yield (e.g., seed yield, oil yield, oil content), growthrate, biomass, vigor, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length,photosynthetic capacity, and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant werealso identified [SEQ ID NOs: 3651-6589 (for polypeptides), and SEQ IDNOs: 298-3650 (for polynucleotides); Table 179, Example 19 of theExamples section which follows]. The polynucleotides of some embodimentsof the invention were cloned into binary vectors (Example 20, Table180), and were further transformed into Arabidopsis plants (Examples21-22). Transgenic plants over-expressing the identified polynucleotideswere found to exhibit increased biomass, growth rate, vigor and yieldunder normal growth conditions, under drought growth conditions or undernitrogen limiting growth conditions and increased tolerance to abioticstress conditions (e.g., drought stress, nutrient deficiency) ascompared to control plants grown under the same growth conditions(Examples 24-26, Tables 181-203). Altogether, these results suggest theuse of the novel polynucleotides and polypeptides of the invention(e.g., SEQ ID NOs: 1-181 and 298-3650 and SEQ ID NOs: 182-297 and3651-6589) for increasing nitrogen use efficiency, fertilizer useefficiency, yield (e.g., oil yield, seed yield and oil content), growthrate, biomass, vigor, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length,photosynthetic capacity, water use efficiency and/or abiotic stresstolerance of a plant.

Thus, according to an aspect of some embodiments of the invention, thereis provided method of increasing oil content, yield, seed yield, growthrate, biomass, vigor, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length,photosynthetic capacity, fertilizer use efficiency (e.g., nitrogen useefficiency) and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant, comprisingexpressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising anucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide at least about 80%, atleast about 81%, at least about 82%, at least about 83%, at least about84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%, at least about 87%, atleast about 88%, at least about 89%, at least about 90%, at least about91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%, at least about 94%, atleast about 95%, at least about 96%, at least about 97%, at least about98%, at least about 99%, or more say 100% homologous (e.g., identical)to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ IDNOs: 182-216, 219-223, 225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675,3677-4327, 4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844,4846-4848, 4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884,4888-4893, 4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922,4924, 4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966,4968-4971, 4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340,5342-5347, 5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429,5433-5439, 5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793,5795-5796, 5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826,5829-5832, 5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890,5892-5896, 5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933,5935-5941, 5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972,5974-5991, 5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119,6121-6154, 6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and6503-6589, e.g., using an exogenous polynucleotide which is at leastabout 80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, at least about 83%,at least about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%, at leastabout 87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, at least about 90%,at least about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%, at leastabout 94%, at least about 95%, at least about 96%, at least about 97%,at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or more say 100% identical tothe polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-42, 44-57, 59-181, and 298-3650, thereby increasing the oil content,yield, seed yield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, fiber yield, fiberquality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, fertilizer useefficiency (e.g., nitrogen use efficiency) and/or abiotic stresstolerance of the plant.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the invention, there isprovided method of increasing oil content, yield, growth rate, biomass,vigor, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosyntheticcapacity, fertilizer use efficiency (e.g., nitrogen use efficiency)and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant, comprising expressing withinthe plant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequenceencoding a polypeptide at least about 80%, at least about 81%, at leastabout 82%, at least about 83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%,at least about 86%, at least about 87%, at least about 88%, at leastabout 89%, at least about 90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%,at least about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, at leastabout 96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about 99%,or more say 100% homologous to the amino acid sequence selected from thegroup consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225,227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297,3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304,4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869,4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239,5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686,5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869,5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523,6533-6537, and 6563-6589, thereby increasing the oil content, yield,growth rate, biomass, vigor, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length,photosynthetic capacity, fertilizer use efficiency (e.g., nitrogen useefficiency) and/or abiotic stress tolerance of the plant.

As used herein the phrase “plant yield” refers to the amount (e.g., asdetermined by weight or size) or quantity (numbers) of tissues or organsproduced per plant or per growing season. Hence increased yield couldaffect the economic benefit one can obtain from the plant in a certaingrowing area and/or growing time.

It should be noted that a plant yield can be affected by variousparameters including, but not limited to, plant biomass; plant vigor;growth rate; seed yield; seed or grain quantity; seed or grain quality;oil yield; content of oil, starch and/or protein in harvested organs(e.g., seeds or vegetative parts of the plant); number of flowers(florets) per panicle (expressed as a ratio of number of filled seedsover number of primary panicles); harvest index; number of plants grownper area; number and size of harvested organs per plant and per areanumber of plants per growing area (density); number of harvested organsin field; total leaf area; carbon assimilation and carbon partitioning(the distribution/allocation of carbon within the plant); resistance toshade; number of harvestable organs (e.g. seeds), seeds per pod, weightper seed; and modified architecture [such as increase stalk diameter,thickness or improvement of physical properties (e.g. elasticity)].

As used herein the phrase “seed yield” refers to the number or weight ofthe seeds per plant, seeds per pod, or per growing area or to the weightof a single seed, or to the oil extracted per seed. Hence seed yield canbe affected by seed dimensions (e.g., length, width, perimeter, areaand/or volume), number of (filled) seeds and seed filling rate and byseed oil content. Hence increase seed yield per plant could affect theeconomic benefit one can obtain from the plant in a certain growing areaand/or growing time; and increase seed yield per growing area could beachieved by increasing seed yield per plant, and/or by increasing numberof plants grown on the same given area.

The term “seed” (also referred to as “grain” or “kernel”) as used hereinrefers to a small embryonic plant enclosed in a covering called the seedcoat (usually with some stored food), the product of the ripened ovuleof gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization andsome growth within the mother plant.

The phrase “oil content” as used herein refers to the amount of lipidsin a given plant organ, either the seeds (seed oil content) or thevegetative portion of the plant (vegetative oil content) and istypically expressed as percentage of dry weight (10% humidity of seeds)or wet weight (for vegetative portion).

It should be noted that oil content is affected by intrinsic oilproduction of a tissue (e.g., seed, vegetative portion), as well as themass or size of the oil-producing tissue per plant or per growth period.

In one embodiment, increase in oil content of the plant can be achievedby increasing the size/mass of a plant's tissue(s) which comprise oilper growth period. Thus, increased oil content of a plant can beachieved by increasing the yield, growth rate, biomass and vigor of theplant.

As used herein the phrase “plant biomass” refers to the amount (e.g.,measured in grams of air-dry tissue) of a tissue produced from the plantin a growing season, which could also determine or affect the plantyield or the yield per growing area. An increase in plant biomass can bein the whole plant or in parts thereof such as aboveground (harvestable)parts, vegetative biomass, roots and seeds.

As used herein the term “root biomass” refers to the total weight of theplant's root(s). Root biomass can be determined directly by weighing thetotal root material (fresh and/or dry weight) of a plant.

Additional or alternatively, the root biomass can be indirectlydetermined by measuring root coverage, root density and/or root lengthof a plant.

It should be noted that plants having a larger root coverage exhibithigher fertilizer (e.g., nitrogen) use efficiency and/or higher wateruse efficiency as compared to plants with a smaller root coverage.

As used herein the phrase “root coverage” refers to the total area orvolume of soil or of any plant-growing medium encompassed by the rootsof a plant.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the root coverage is theminimal convex volume encompassed by the roots of the plant.

It should be noted that since each plant has a characteristic rootsystem, e.g., some plants exhibit a shallow root system (e.g., only afew centimeters below ground level), while others have a deep in soilroot system (e.g., a few tens of centimeters or a few meters deep insoil below ground level), measuring the root coverage of a plant can beperformed in any depth of the soil or of the plant-growing medium, andcomparison of root coverage between plants of the same species (e.g., atransgenic plant exogenously expressing the polynucleotide of someembodiments of the invention and a control plant) should be performed bymeasuring the root coverage in the same depth.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the root coverage is theminimal convex area encompassed by the roots of a plant in a specificdepth.

A non-limiting example of measuring root coverage is shown in FIG. 10.

As used herein the term “root density” refers to the density of roots ina given area (e.g., area of soil or any plant growing medium). The rootdensity can be determined by counting the root number per apredetermined area at a predetermined depth (in units of root number perarea, e.g., mm², cm² or m²).

As used herein the phrase “root length” refers to the total length ofthe longest root of a single plant.

As used herein the phrase “root length growth rate” refers to the changein total root length per plant per time unit (e.g., per day).

As used herein the phrase “growth rate” refers to the increase in plantorgan/tissue size per time (can be measured in cm² per day or cm/day).

As used herein the phrase “photosynthetic capacity” (also known as“A_(max)”) is a measure of the maximum rate at which leaves are able tofix carbon during photosynthesis. It is typically measured as the amountof carbon dioxide that is fixed per square meter per second, for exampleas μmol m⁻² sec⁻¹. Plants are able to increase their photosyntheticcapacity by several modes of action, such as by increasing the totalleaves area (e.g., by increase of leaves area, increase in the number ofleaves, and increase in plant's vigor, e.g., the ability of the plant togrow new leaves along time course) as well as by increasing the abilityof the plant to efficiently execute carbon fixation in the leaves.Hence, the increase in total leaves area can be used as a reliablemeasurement parameter for photosynthetic capacity increment.

As used herein the phrase “plant vigor” refers to the amount (measuredby weight) of tissue produced by the plant in a given time. Henceincreased vigor could determine or affect the plant yield or the yieldper growing time or growing area. In addition, early vigor (seed and/orseedling) results in improved field stand.

Improving early vigor is an important objective of modern rice breedingprograms in both temperate and tropical rice cultivars. Long roots areimportant for proper soil anchorage in water-seeded rice. Where rice issown directly into flooded fields, and where plants must emerge rapidlythrough water, longer shoots are associated with vigor. Wheredrill-seeding is practiced, longer mesocotyls and coleoptiles areimportant for good seedling emergence. The ability to engineer earlyvigor into plants would be of great importance in agriculture. Forexample, poor early vigor has been a limitation to the introduction ofmaize (Zea mays L.) hybrids based on Corn Belt germplasm in the EuropeanAtlantic.

It should be noted that a plant trait such as yield, growth rate,biomass, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length,photosynthetic capacity, fertilizer use efficiency (e.g., nitrogen useefficiency) can be determined under stress (e.g., abiotic stress,nitrogen-limiting conditions) and/or non-stress (normal) conditions.

As used herein, the phrase “non-stress conditions” refers to the growthconditions (e.g., water, temperature, light-dark cycles, humidity, saltconcentration, fertilizer concentration in soil, nutrient supply such asnitrogen, phosphorous and/or potassium), that do not significantly gobeyond the everyday climatic and other abiotic conditions that plantsmay encounter, and which allow optimal growth, metabolism, reproductionand/or viability of a plant at any stage in its life cycle (e.g., in acrop plant from seed to a mature plant and back to seed again). Personsskilled in the art are aware of normal soil conditions and climaticconditions for a given plant in a given geographic location. It shouldbe noted that while the non-stress conditions may include some mildvariations from the optimal conditions (which vary from one type/speciesof a plant to another), such variations do not cause the plant to ceasegrowing without the capacity to resume growth.

Following is a non-limiting description of non-stress (normal) growthconditions which can be used for growing the transgenic plantsexpressing the polynucleotides or polypeptides of some embodiments ofthe invention.

For example, normal conditions for growing sorghum include irrigationwith about 452,000 liter water per dunam (1000 square meters) andfertilization with about 14 units nitrogen per dunam per growing season.

Normal conditions for growing cotton include irrigation with about580,000 liter water per dunam (1000 square meters) and fertilizationwith about 24 units nitrogen per dunam per growing season.

Normal conditions for growing bean include irrigation with about 524,000liter water per dunam (1000 square meters) and fertilization with about16 units nitrogen per dunam per growing season.

Normal conditions for growing B. juncea include irrigation with about861,000 liter water per dunam (1000 square meters) and fertilizationwith about 12 units nitrogen per dunam per growing season.

The phrase “abiotic stress” as used herein refers to any adverse effecton metabolism, growth, reproduction and/or viability of a plant.Accordingly, abiotic stress can be induced by suboptimal environmentalgrowth conditions such as, for example, salinity, osmotic stress, waterdeprivation, drought, flooding, freezing, low or high temperature, heavymetal toxicity, anaerobiosis, nutrient deficiency (e.g., nitrogendeficiency or limited nitrogen), atmospheric pollution or UVirradiation. The implications of abiotic stress are discussed in theBackground section.

The phrase “abiotic stress tolerance” as used herein refers to theability of a plant to endure an abiotic stress without suffering asubstantial alteration in metabolism, growth, productivity and/orviability.

Plants are subject to a range of environmental challenges. Several ofthese, including salt stress, general osmotic stress, drought stress andfreezing stress, have the ability to impact whole plant and cellularwater availability. Not surprisingly, then, plant responses to thiscollection of stresses are related. Zhu (2002) Ann. Rev. Plant Biol. 53:247-273 et al. note that “most studies on water stress signaling havefocused on salt stress primarily because plant responses to salt anddrought are closely related and the mechanisms overlap”. Many examplesof similar responses and pathways to this set of stresses have beendocumented. For example, the CBF transcription factors have been shownto condition resistance to salt, freezing and drought (Kasuga et al.(1999) Nature Biotech. 17: 287-291). The Arabidopsis rd29B gene isinduced in response to both salt and dehydration stress, a process thatis mediated largely through an ABA signal transduction process (Uno etal. (2000) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97: 11632-11637), resulting inaltered activity of transcription factors that bind to an upstreamelement within the rd29B promoter. In Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (iceplant). Patharker and Cushman have shown that a calcium-dependentprotein kinase (McCDPK1) is induced by exposure to both drought and saltstresses (Patharker and Cushman (2000) Plant J. 24: 679-691). Thestress-induced kinase was also shown to phosphorylate a transcriptionfactor, presumably altering its activity, although transcript levels ofthe target transcription factor are not altered in response to salt ordrought stress. Similarly, Saijo et al. demonstrated that a ricesalt/drought-induced calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (OsCDPK7)conferred increased salt and drought tolerance to rice whenoverexpressed (Saijo et al. (2000) Plant J. 23: 319-327).

Exposure to dehydration invokes similar survival strategies in plants asdoes freezing stress (see, for example, Yelenosky (1989) Plant Physiol89: 444-451) and drought stress induces freezing tolerance (see, forexample, Siminovitch et al. (1982) Plant Physiol 69: 250-255; and Guy etal. (1992) Planta 188: 265-270). In addition to the induction ofcold-acclimation proteins, strategies that allow plants to survive inlow water conditions may include, for example, reduced surface area, orsurface oil or wax production. In another example increased solutecontent of the plant prevents evaporation and water loss due to heat,drought, salinity, osmoticum, and the like therefore providing a betterplant tolerance to the above stresses.

It will be appreciated that some pathways involved in resistance to onestress (as described above), will also be involved in resistance toother stresses, regulated by the same or homologous genes. Of course,the overall resistance pathways are related, not identical, andtherefore not all genes controlling resistance to one stress willcontrol resistance to the other stresses. Nonetheless, if a geneconditions resistance to one of these stresses, it would be apparent toone skilled in the art to test for resistance to these related stresses.Methods of assessing stress resistance are further provided in theExamples section which follows.

As used herein the phrase “water use efficiency (WUE)” refers to thelevel of organic matter produced per unit of water consumed by theplant, i.e., the dry weight of a plant in relation to the plant's wateruse, e.g., the biomass produced per unit transpiration.

As used herein the phrase “fertilizer use efficiency” refers to themetabolic process(es) which lead to an increase in the plant's yield,biomass, vigor, and growth rate per fertilizer unit applied. Themetabolic process can be the uptake, spread, absorbent, accumulation,relocation (within the plant) and use of one or more of the minerals andorganic moieties absorbed by the plant, such as nitrogen, phosphatesand/or potassium.

As used herein the phrase “fertilizer-limiting conditions” refers togrowth conditions which include a level (e.g., concentration) of afertilizer applied which is below the level needed for normal plantmetabolism, growth, reproduction and/or viability.

As used herein the phrase “nitrogen use efficiency (NUE)” refers to themetabolic process(es) which lead to an increase in the plant's yield,biomass, vigor, and growth rate per nitrogen unit applied. The metabolicprocess can be the uptake, spread, absorbent, accumulation, relocation(within the plant) and use of nitrogen absorbed by the plant.

As used herein the phrase “nitrogen-limiting conditions” refers togrowth conditions which include a level (e.g., concentration) ofnitrogen (e.g., ammonium or nitrate) applied which is below the levelneeded for normal plant metabolism, growth, reproduction and/orviability.

Improved plant NUE and FUE is translated in the field into eitherharvesting similar quantities of yield, while implementing lessfertilizers, or increased yields gained by implementing the same levelsof fertilizers. Thus, improved NUE or FUE has a direct effect on plantyield in the field. Thus, the polynucleotides and polypeptides of someembodiments of the invention positively affect plant yield, seed yield,and plant biomass. In addition, the benefit of improved plant NUE willcertainly improve crop quality and biochemical constituents of the seedsuch as protein yield and oil yield. It should be noted that improvedABST will confer plants with improved vigor also under non-stressconditions, resulting in crops having improved biomass and/or yielde.g., elongated fibers for the cotton industry, higher oil content.

The term “fiber” is usually inclusive of thick-walled conducting cellssuch as vessels and tracheids and to fibrillar aggregates of manyindividual fiber cells. Hence, the term “fiber” refers to (a)thick-walled conducting and non-conducting cells of the xylem; (b)fibers of extraxylary origin, including those from phloem, bark, groundtissue, and epidermis; and (c) fibers from stems, leaves, roots, seeds,and flowers or inflorescences (such as those of Sorghum vulgare used inthe manufacture of brushes and brooms).

Example of fiber producing plants, include, but are not limited to,agricultural crops such as cotton, silk cotton tree (Kapok, Ceibapentandra), desert willow, creosote bush, winterfat, balsa, kenaf,roselle, jute, sisal abaca, flax, corn, sugar cane, hemp, ramie, kapok,coir, bamboo, spanish moss and Agave spp. (e.g. sisal).

As used herein the phrase “fiber quality” refers to at least one fiberparameter which is agriculturally desired, or required in the fiberindustry (further described hereinbelow). Examples of such parameters,include but are not limited to, fiber length, fiber strength, fiberfitness, fiber weight per unit length, maturity ratio and uniformity(further described hereinbelow).

Cotton fiber (lint) quality is typically measured according to fiberlength, strength and fineness. Accordingly, the lint quality isconsidered higher when the fiber is longer, stronger and finer.

As used herein the phrase “fiber yield” refers to the amount or quantityof fibers produced from the fiber producing plant.

As mentioned hereinabove, transgenic plants of the present invention canbe used for improving myriad of commercially desired traits which areall interrelated as is discussed hereinbelow.

As used herein the term “trait” refers to a characteristic or quality ofa plant which may overall (either directly or indirectly) improve thecommercial value of the plant.

As used herein the term “increasing” refers to at least about 2%, atleast about 3%, at least about 4%, at least about 5%, at least about10%, at least about 15%, at least about 20%, at least about 30%, atleast about 40%, at least about 50%, at least about 60%, at least about70%, at least about 80%, increase in the trait [e.g., yield, seed yield,biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality,fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, abiotic stress tolerance, and/ornitrogen use efficiency] of a plant as compared to a native plant or awild type plant [i.e., a plant not modified with the biomolecules(polynucleotide or polypeptides) of the invention, e.g., anon-transformed plant of the same species which is grown under the same(e.g., identical) growth conditions].

The phrase “expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide” asused herein refers to upregulating the expression level of an exogenouspolynucleotide within the plant by introducing the exogenouspolynucleotide into a plant cell or plant and expressing by recombinantmeans, as further described herein below.

As used herein “expressing” refers to expression at the mRNA andoptionally polypeptide level.

As used herein, the phrase “exogenous polynucleotide” refers to aheterologous nucleic acid sequence which may not be naturally expressedwithin the plant (e.g., a nucleic acid sequence from a differentspecies) or which overexpression in the plant is desired. The exogenouspolynucleotide may be introduced into the plant in a stable or transientmanner, so as to produce a ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule and/or apolypeptide molecule. It should be noted that the exogenouspolynucleotide may comprise a nucleic acid sequence which is identicalor partially homologous to an endogenous nucleic acid sequence of theplant.

The term “endogenous” as used herein refers to any polynucleotide orpolypeptide which is present and/or naturally expressed within a plantor a cell thereof.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the exogenouspolynucleotide of the invention comprises a nucleic acid sequenceencoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least about 80%,at least about 81%, at least about 82%, at least about 83%, at leastabout 84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%, at least about 87%,at least about 88%, at least about 89%, at least about 90%, at leastabout 91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%, at least about 94%,at least about 95%, at least about 96%, at least about 97%, at leastabout 98%, at least about 99%, or more say 100% homologous (e.g.,identical) to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consistingof SEQ ID NOs: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232,235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671,3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374,4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888,4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239, 5246,5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686,5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869,5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523,6533-6537, and 6563-6589.

Homologous sequences include both orthologous and paralogous sequences.The term “paralogous” relates to gene-duplications within the genome ofa species leading to paralogous genes. The term “orthologous” relates tohomologous genes in different organisms due to ancestral relationship.Thus, orthologs are evolutionary counterparts derived from a singleancestral gene in the last common ancestor of given two species (KooninE V and Galperin M Y (Sequence—Evolution—Function: ComputationalApproaches in Comparative Genomics. Boston: Kluwer Academic; 2003.Chapter 2, Evolutionary Concept in Genetics and Genomics. Availablefrom: ncbi (dot) nlm (dot) nih (dot) gov/books/NBK20255) and thereforehave great likelihood of having the same function.

A non-limiting example of a reduction to practice with respect tohomologues (e.g., orthologues) is described hereinbelow. As shown inTables 192-194 below, LGB5 (the polypeptides set forth by SEQ ID NO:191)and an orthologue thereof (e.g., MGP22, the polypeptide set forth by SEQID NO:251), which exhibits 83.23% sequence identity to LGB5 have thesame beneficial effect in a plant (e.g., capable of increasing the sameplant trait(s)) such as increasing biomass (e.g., dry weight and freshweight), nitrogen use efficiency (e.g., as is shown by the increase inroot area and root coverage), growth rate (e.g., as is demonstrated bythe increase in the relative growth rate of root coverage, leaf area androot length) of a plant as compared to control plant(s) grown under thesame growth conditions.

One option to identify orthologues in monocot plant species is byperforming a reciprocal blast search. This may be done by a rust blastinvolving blasting the sequence-of-interest against any sequencedatabase, such as the publicly available NCBI database which may befound at: ncbi (dot) nlm (dot) nih (dot) gov. If orthologues in ricewere sought, the sequence-of-interest would be blasted against, forexample, the 28,469 full-length cDNA clones from Oryza sativa Nipponbareavailable at NCBI. The blast results may be filtered. The full-lengthsequences of either the filtered results or the non-filtered results arethen blasted back (second blast) against the sequences of the organismfrom which the sequence-of-interest is derived. The results of the firstand second blasts are then compared. An orthologue is identified whenthe sequence resulting in the highest score (best hit) in the firstblast identifies in the second blast the query sequence (the originalsequence-of-interest) as the best hit. Using the same rational aparalogue (homolog to a gene in the same organism) is found. In case oflarge sequence families, the ClustalW program may be used [ebi (dot) ac(dot) uk/Tools/clustalw2/index (dot) html], followed by aneighbor-joining tree (wikipedia (dot) org/wiki/Neighbor-joining) whichhelps visualizing the clustering.

Homology (e.g., percent homology, sequence identity+sequence similarity)can be determined using any homology comparison software computing apairwise sequence alignment.

As used herein, “sequence identity” or “identity” in the context of twonucleic acid or polypeptide sequences includes reference to the residuesin the two sequences which are the same when aligned. When percentage ofsequence identity is used in reference to proteins it is recognized thatresidue positions which are not identical often differ by conservativeamino acid substitutions, where amino acid residues are substituted forother amino acid residues with similar chemical properties (e.g. chargeor hydrophobicity) and therefore do not change the functional propertiesof the molecule. Where sequences differ in conservative substitutions,the percent sequence identity may be adjusted upwards to correct for theconservative nature of the substitution. Sequences which differ by suchconservative substitutions are considered to have “sequence similarity”or “similarity”. Means for making this adjustment are well-known tothose of skill in the art. Typically this involves scoring aconservative substitution as a partial rather than a full mismatch,thereby increasing the percentage sequence identity. Thus, for example,where an identical amino acid is given a score of 1 and anon-conservative substitution is given a score of zero, a conservativesubstitution is given a score between zero and 1. The scoring ofconservative substitutions is calculated, e.g., according to thealgorithm of Henikoff S and Henikoff J G. [Amino acid substitutionmatrices from protein blocks. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 1992,89(22): 10915-9].Identity (e.g., percent homology) can be determined using any homologycomparison software, including for example, the BlastN software of theNational Center of Biotechnology Information (NCBI) such as by usingdefault parameters.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the identity is a globalidentity, i.e., an identity over the entire amino acid or nucleic acidsequences of the invention and not over portions thereof.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the term “homology” or“homologous” refers to identity of two or more nucleic acid sequences;or identity of two or more amino acid sequences; or the identity of anamino acid sequence to one or more nucleic acid sequence.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the homology is a globalhomology, i.e., an homology over the entire amino acid or nucleic acidsequences of the invention and not over portions thereof.

The degree of homology or identity between two or more sequences can bedetermined using various known sequence comparison tools. Following is anon-limiting description of such tools which can be used along with someembodiments of the invention.

Pairwise global alignment was defined by S. B. Needleman and C. D.Wunsch, “A general method applicable to the search of similarities inthe amino acid sequence of two proteins” Journal of Molecular Biology.1970, pages 443-53, volume 48).

For example, when starting from a polypeptide sequence and comparing toother polypeptide sequences, the EMBOSS-6.0.1 Needleman-Wunsch algorithm(available fromemboss(dot)sourceforge(dot)net/apps/cvs/emboss/apps/needle(dot)html) canbe used to find the optimum alignment (including gaps) of two sequencesalong their entire length—a “Global alignment”. Default parameters forNeedleman-Wunsch algorithm (EMBOSS-6.0.1) include: gapopen=10;gapextend=0.5; datafile=EBLOSUM62; brief=YES.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the parameters used withthe EMBOSS-6.0.1 tool (for protein-protein comparison) include:gapopen=8; gapextend=2; datafile=EBLOSUM62: brief=YES.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the threshold used todetermine homology using the EMBOSS-6.0.1 Needleman-Wunsch algorithm is80%, 81%, 82%, 83%, 84%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%,94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100%.

When starting from a polypeptide sequence and comparing topolynucleotide sequences, the OneModel FramePlus algorithm [Halperin,E., Faigler, S. and Gill-More, R. (1999)—FramePlus: aligning DNA toprotein sequences. Bioinformatics, 15, 867-873) (available frombiocceleration(dot)com/Products(dot)html] can be used with followingdefault parameters: model=frame+_p2n.model mode=local.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the parameters used withthe OneModel FramePlus algorithm are model=frame+_p2n.model,mode=qglobal.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the threshold used todetermine homology using the OneModel FramePlus algorithm is 80%, 81%,82%, 83%, 84%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%,96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100%.

When starting with a polynucleotide sequence and comparing to otherpolynucleotide sequences the EMBOSS-6.0.1 Needleman-Wunsch algorithm(available fromemboss(dot)sourceforge(dot)net/apps/cvs/emboss/apps/needle(dot)html) canbe used with the following default parameters: (EMBOSS-6.0.1)gapopen=10; gapextend=0.5; datafile=EDNAFULL; brief=YES.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the parameters used withthe EMBOSS-6.0.1 Needleman-Wunsch algorithm are gapopen=10;gapextend=0.2; datafile=EDNAFULL; brief=YES.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the threshold used todetermine homology using the EMBOSS-6.0.1 Needleman-Wunsch algorithm forcomparison of polynucleotides with polynucleotides is 80%, 81%, 82%,83%, 84%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, 99%, or 100%.

According to some embodiment, determination of the degree of homologyfurther requires employing the Smith-Waterman algorithm (forprotein-protein comparison or nucleotide-nucleotide comparison).

Default parameters for GenCore 6.0 Smith-Waterman algorithm include:model=sw.model.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the threshold used todetermine homology using the Smith-Waterman algorithm is 80%, 81%, 82%,83%, 84%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, 99%, or 100%.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the global homology isperformed on sequences which are pre-selected by local homology to thepolypeptide or polynucleotide of interest (e.g., 60% identity over 60%of the sequence length), prior to performing the global homology to thepolypeptide or polynucleotide of interest (e.g., 80% global homology onthe entire sequence). For example, homologous sequences are selectedusing the BLAST software with the Blastp and tBlastn algorithms asfilters for the first stage, and the needle (EMBOSS package) or Frame+algorithm alignment for the second stage. Local identity (Blastalignments) is defined with a very permissive cutoff—60% Identity on aspan of 60% of the sequences lengths because it is used only as a filterfor the global alignment stage. In this specific embodiment (when thelocal identity is used), the default filtering of the Blast package isnot utilized (by setting the parameter “-F F”).

In the second stage, homologs are defined based on a global identity ofat least 80% to the core gene polypeptide sequence.

According to some embodiments of the invention, two distinct forms forfinding the optimal global alignment for protein or nucleotide sequencesare used:

1. Between Two Proteins (Following the Blastp Filter):

EMBOSS-6.0.1 Needleman-Wunsch algorithm with the following modifiedparameters: gapopen=8 gapextend=2. The rest of the parameters areunchanged from the default options listed here:

Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:

[-asequence] sequence Sequence filename and optional format, orreference (input USA)[-bsequence] seqall Sequence(s) filename and optional format, orreference (input USA)

-gapopen float [10.0 for any sequence]. The gap open penalty is thescore taken away when a gap is created. The best value depends on thechoice of comparison matrix. The default value assumes you are using theEBLOSUM62 matrix for protein sequences, and the EDNAFULL matrix fornucleotide sequences. (Floating point number from 1.0 to 100.0)

-gapextend float [0.5 for any sequence]. The gap extension, penalty isadded to the standard gap penalty for each base or residue in the gap.This is how long gaps are penalized. Usually you will expect a few longgaps rather than many short gaps, so the gap extension penalty should belower than the gap penalty. An exception is where one or both sequencesare single reads with possible sequencing errors in which case you wouldexpect many single base gaps. You can get this result by setting the gapopen penalty to zero (or very low) and using the gap extension penaltyto control gap scoring. (Floating point number from 0.0 to 10.0)

[-outfile] align [*.needle] Output alignment file name

Additional (Optional) qualifiers:

-datafile matrixf [EBLOSUM62 for protein. EDNAFULL for DNA]. This is thescoring matrix file used when comparing sequences. By default it is thefile ‘EBLOSUM62’ (for proteins) or the file ‘EDNAFULL’ (for nucleicsequences). These files are found in the ‘data’ directory of the EMBOSSinstallation.

Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: -[no]brief -boolean DI Brief identityand similarity Associated qualifiers: “-asequence” associatedqualifiers: -sbeginl integer Start of the sequence to be used -send 1integer End of the sequence to be used -sreverse 1 boolean Reverse (ifDNA) -saskl. boolean Ask for begin/end/reverse -snucleotidel booleanSequence is nucleotide -sproteinl. boolean. Sequence is protein-slovverl boolean Make lower case -supper' boolean Make upper case-sformatl string Input sequence format -sdbnamel string Database name-sid 1 string Entryname -ufo1 string UFO features -fform.atl stringFeatures format -fopenfilel string Features file name “-bsequence”associated qualifiers -sbegin2 integer Start of each sequence to be used-se,ne integer End of each sequence to be used -sreverse2 boolean.Reverse (if DNA) -sask2 boolean Ask for begin/end/reverse -snucleotide2boolean Sequence is nucleotide -sprotein2 boolean Sequence is protein-s1ower2 boolean Make lower case -supper2 boolean Make upper case-sform.at2 string Input sequence format -sdbname2 string Database name-sid2 string Entryname -ufo2 string UFO features -fformat2 stringFeatures format -fopenfile2 string Features file name “-outfile”associated qualifiers -aformat3 string Alignment format -aextension3string File name extension -adirectory3 string Output directory -aname3string Base file name -awidth3 integer Alignment width -aaccshow3boolean Show accession number in the header -adesshow3 boolean Showdescription in the header -all sashow3 boolean Show the full USA in thealignment -aglobal3 boolean Show the full sequence in alignment Generalqualifiers: -auto boolean Turn off prompts -stdout boolean Write firstfile to standard output -filter boolean Read first file from standardinput, write first file to standard output -options boolean Prompt forstandard and additional values -debug boolean Write debug output toprogram.dbg -verbose boolean Report some/full command line options -helpboolean Report command line options. More information on associated andgeneral qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose -warning booleanReport warnings -error boolean Report errors -fatal -boolean Reportfatal errors -die boolean Report dying program messages

2. Between a Protein Sequence and a Nucleotide Sequence (Following theTblastn Filter):

GenCore 6.0 OneModel application utilizing the Frame+ algorithm with thefollowing parameters: model=frame+_p2n.model mode=qglobal-q=protein.sequence -db=nucleotide.sequence. The rest of the parametersare unchanged from the default options:

Usage:

om -model=<model_fname>[-q=]query [-db=]database [options]-model=<model_fname> Specifies the model that you want to run. Allmodels supplied by Compugen are located in the directory$CGNROOT/models/.Valid command line parameters:-dev=<dev_name> Selects the device to be used by the application.

Valid devices are:

-   -   bic—Bioccelerator (valid for SW, XSW, FRAME_N2P, and FRAME_P2N        models).    -   xlg—BioXUG (valid for all models except XSW).    -   xlp—BioXUP (valid for SW, FRAME+_N2P, and FRAME_P2N models).    -   xlh—BioXL/H (valid for SW. FRAME+_N2P, and FRAME_P2N models).    -   soft—Software device (for all models).        -q=<query> Defines the query set. The query can be a sequence        file or a database reference. You can specify a query by its        name or by accession number. The format is detected        automatically. However, you may specify a format using the -qfmt        parameter. If you do not specify a query, the program prompts        for one. If the query set is a database reference, an output        file is produced for each sequence in the query.        -db=<database name> Chooses the database set. The database set        can be a sequence file or a database reference. The database        format is detected automatically. However, you may specify a        format using -dfmt parameter.        -qacc Add this parameter to the command line if you specify        query using accession numbers.        -dacc Add this parameter to the command line if you specify a        database using accession numbers.        -dfmt/-qfmt=<format_type> Chooses the database/query format        type. Possible formats are:    -   fasta—fasta with seq type auto-detected.    -   fastap—fasta protein seq.    -   fastan—fasta nucleic seq.    -   gcg—gcg format, type is auto-detected.    -   gcg9seq—gcg9 format, type is auto-detected.    -   gcg9seqp—gcg9 format protein seq.    -   gcg9seqn—gcg9 format nucleic seq.    -   nbrf—nbrf seq, type is auto-detected.    -   nbrfp—nbrf protein seq.    -   nbrfn—nbrf nucleic seq.    -   embl—embl and swissprot format.    -   genbank—genbank format (nucleic).    -   blast—blast format.    -   nbrf_gcg—nbrf-gcg seq, type is auto-detected.    -   nbrf_gcgp—nbrf-gcg protein seq.    -   nbrf_gegn—nbrf-gcg nucleic seq.    -   raw—raw ascii sequence, type is auto-detected.    -   rawp—raw ascii protein sequence.    -   rawn—raw ascii nucleic sequence.    -   pir—pir codata format, type is auto-detected.    -   profile—gcg profile (valid only for -qfmt    -   in SW, XSW, FRAME_P2N, and FRAME+_P2N).        -out=<out_fname> The name of the output file.        -suffix=<name> The output file name suffix.        -gapop=<n> Gap open penalty. This parameter is not valid for        FRAME+. For FrameSearch the default is 12.0. For other searches        the default is 10.0.        -gapext=<n> Gap extend penalty. This parameter is not valid for        FRAME+. For FrameSearch the default is 4.0. For other models:        the default for protein searches is 0.05, and the default for        nucleic searches is 1.0.        -qgapop=<n> The penalty for opening a gap in the query sequence.        The default is 10.0. Valid for XSW.        -qgapext=<n> The penalty for extending a gap in the query        sequence. The default is 0.05. Valid for XSW.        -start=<n> The position in the query sequence to begin the        search.        -end=<n> The position in the query sequence to stop the search.        -qtrans Performs a translated search, relevant for a nucleic        query against a protein database. The nucleic query is        translated to six reading frames and a result is given for each        frame.

Valid for SW and XSW.

-dtrans Performs a translated search, relevant for a protein queryagainst a DNA database. Each database entry is translated to six readingframes and a result is given for each frame.

Valid for SW and XSW.

Note: “-qtrans” and “-dtrans” options are mutually exclusive.-matrix=<matrix_file> Specifies the comparison matrix to be used in thesearch. The matrix must be in the BLAST format. If the matrix file isnot located in $CGNROOT/tables/matrix, specify the full path as thevalue of the -matrix parameter.-trans=<transtab_name> Translation table. The default location for thetable is $CGNROOT/tables/trans.-onestrand Restricts the search to just the top strand of thequery/database nucleic sequence.-list=<n> The maximum size of the output hit list. The default is 50.-docalign=<n> The number of documentation lines preceding eachalignment. The default is 10.-thr_score=<score_name> The score that places limits on the display ofresults. Scores that are smaller than -thr_min value or larger than-thr_max value are not shown. Valid options are: quality.

-   -   zscore.    -   escore.        -thr_max=<n> The score upper threshold. Results that are larger        than -thr_max value are not shown.        -thr_min=<n> The score lower threshold. Results that are lower        than -thr_min value are not shown.        -align=<n> The number of alignments reported in the output file.        -noalign Do not display alignment.        Note: “-align” and “-noalign” parameters are mutually exclusive.        -outfmt=<format_name> Specifies the output format type. The        default format is PFS.        Possible values are:    -   PFS—PFS text format    -   FASTA—FASTA text format    -   BLAST—BLAST text format        -nonorm Do not perform score normalization.        -norm=<norm_name> Specifies the normalization method. Valid        options are:    -   log—logarithm normalization.    -   std—standard normalization.    -   stat—Pearson statistical method.        Note: “-nonorm” and “-norm” parameters cannot be used together.        Note: Parameters -xgapop, -xgapext, -fgapop, -fgapext, -ygapop,        -ygapext, -delop, and        -delext apply only to FRAME+.        -xgapop=<n> The penalty for opening a gap when inserting a codon        (triplet). The default is 12.0.        -xgapext=<n> The penalty for extending a gap when inserting a        codon (triplet). The default is 4.0.        -ygapop=<n> The penalty for opening a gap when deleting an amino        acid. The default is 12.0.        -ygapext=<n> The penalty for extending a gap when deleting an        amino acid. The default is 4.0.        -fgapop=<n> The penalty for opening a gap when inserting a DNA        base. The default is 6.0.        -fgapext=<n> The penalty for extending a gap when inserting a        DNA base. The default is 7.0.        -delop=<n> The penalty for opening a gap when deleting a DNA        base. The default is 6.0.        -delext=<n> The penalty for extending a gap when deleting a DNA        base. The default is 7.0.        -silent No screen output is produced.        -host=<host_name> The name of the host on which the server runs.        By default, the application uses the host specified in the file        $CGNROOT/cgnhosts.        -wait Do not go to the background when the device is busy. This        option is not relevant for the Parseq or Soft pseudo device.        -batch Run the job in the background. When this option is        specified, the file “$CGNROOT/defaults/batch.defaults” is used        for choosing the batch command. If this file does not exist, the        command “at now” is used to run the job.        Note: “-batch” and “-wait” parameters are mutually exclusive.        -version Prints the software version number.        -help Displays this help message. To get more specific help        type:    -   “om -model=<model_fname>-help”.

According to some embodiments the homology is a local homology or alocal identity.

Local alignments tools include, but are not limited to the BlastP,BlastN, BlastX or TBLASTN software of the National Center ofBiotechnology Information (NCBI), FASTA, and the Smith-Watermanalgorithm.

A tblastn search allows the comparison between a protein sequence to thesix-frame translations of a nucleotide database. It can be a veryproductive way of finding homologous protein coding regions inunannotated nucleotide sequences such as expressed sequence tags (ESTs)and draft genome records (HTG), located in the BLAST databases est andhtgs, respectively.

Default parameters for blastp include: Max target sequences: 100;Expected threshold: e⁻⁵; Word size: 3; Max matches in a query range: 0;Scoring parameters: Matrix—BLOSUM62; filters and masking: Filter—lowcomplexity regions.

Local alignments tools, which can be used include, but are not limitedto, the tBLASTX algorithm, which compares the six-frame conceptualtranslation products of a nucleotide query sequence (both strands)against a protein sequence database. Default parameters include: Maxtarget sequences: 100; Expected threshold: 10; Word size: 3; Max matchesin a query range: 0; Scoring parameters: Matrix—BLOSUM62; filters andmasking: Filter—low complexity regions.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the exogenouspolynucleotide of the invention encodes a polypeptide having an aminoacid sequence at least about 80%, at least about 81%, at least about82%, at least about 83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%, atleast about 86%, at least about 87%, at least about 88%, at least about89%, at least about 90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%, atleast about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, at least about96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or moresay 100% identical to the amino acid sequence selected from the groupconsisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225,227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297,3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304,4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869,4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239,5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686,5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869,5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523,6533-6537, and 6563-6589.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the exogenouspolynucleotide of the invention encodes a polypeptide having the aminoacid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216,219-223, 225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327,4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848,4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893,4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924,4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971,4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347,5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439,5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796,5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832,5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896,5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941,5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991,5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154,6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the method of increasingyield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiberquality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, abiotic stresstolerance, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant, is effected byexpressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising anucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide at least at least about80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, at least about 83%, atleast about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%, at least about87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, at least about 90%, atleast about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%, at least about94%, at least about 95%, at least about 96%, at least about 97%, atleast about 98%, at least about 99%, or more say 100% identical to theamino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260,262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724,3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813,4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070,5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239, 5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429,5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686, 5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707,5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869, 5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093,6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523, 6533-6537, and 6563-6589, therebyincreasing the yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, abioticstress tolerance, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of the plant.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the exogenouspolynucleotide encodes a polypeptide consisting of the amino acidsequence set forth by SEQ ID NO: 182-216, 219-223, 225-233, 235-238,240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827,4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862,4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906,4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952,4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307,5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402,5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786,5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818,5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873,5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910,5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957,5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005,6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154, 6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243,6245-6271, 6273-6501, 6503-6588 or 6589.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the invention, the methodof increasing yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, abioticstress tolerance, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant, is effectedby expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising anucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acidsequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216,219-223, 225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327,4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848,4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893,4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924,4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971,4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347,5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439,5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796,5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832,5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896,5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941,5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991,5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154,6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589,thereby increasing the yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content,fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity,abiotic stress tolerance, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of the plant.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the invention, there isprovided a method of increasing yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oilcontent, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosyntheticcapacity, abiotic stress tolerance, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of aplant, comprising expressing within the plant an exogenouspolynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptideselected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216, 219-223,225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815,4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855,4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896,4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941,4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997,4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358,5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456,5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800,5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853,5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898,5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943,5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995,5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154, 6156-6161,6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589, therebyincreasing the yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, abioticstress tolerance, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of the plant.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the exogenouspolynucleotide encodes a polypeptide consisting of the amino acidsequence set forth by SEQ ID NO: 182-216, 219-223, 225-233, 235-238,240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827,4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862,4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906,4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952,4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307,5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402,5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786,5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818,5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873,5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910,5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957,5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005,6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154, 6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243,6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589.

According to some embodiments of the invention the exogenouspolynucleotide comprises a nucleic acid sequence which is at least about80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, at least about 83%, atleast about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%, at least about87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, at least about 90%, atleast about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%, at least about93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, at least about 96%, atleast about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about 99%, e.g., 100%identical to the nucleic acid sequence selected from the groupconsisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3, 5-21, 23-35, 38-42, 44, 46-51,54-55,57,59-79, 81-87, 89-103, 105-119, 121-133, 136-139, 141, 143-148,151-152, 155-173, 175-180, 298-322, 342, 377, 380-381, 384, 387,396-397, 419, 440, 461-1016, 1028, 1088, 1143, 1187, 1204-1549,1555-1557, 1561, 1572-1573, 1586, 1598-1599, 1648-1651, 1674, 1676-1677,1816-1864, 1867-1886, 1918, 2075, 2090, 2092-2093, 2099-2100, 2107,2116, 2118-2166, 2292, 2295-2312, 2334-2344, 2354-2602, 2604-2615,2617-2624, 2626-2627, 2629, 2631-2636, 2638-2644, 2646-2725, 2786, 2827,2948, 2978-3018, 3020-3030, 3032-3085, 3135, 3233, 3416, 3439, 3527,3538, 3572, 3582-3588, and 3619-3650.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the invention, there isprovided a method of increasing yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oilcontent, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosyntheticcapacity, abiotic stress tolerance, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of aplant, comprising expressing within the plant an exogenouspolynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence at least about 80%, atleast about 81%, at least about 82%, at least about 83%, at least about84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%, at least about 87%, atleast about 88%, at least about 89%, at least about 90%, at least about91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%, at least about 93%, atleast about 94%, at least about 95%, at least about 96%, at least about97%, at least about 98%, at least about 99%, e.g., 100% identical to thenucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-3, 5-21, 23-35, 38-42, 44, 46-51, 54-55, 57, 59-79, 81-87, 89-103,105-119, 121-133, 136-139, 141, 143-148, 151-152, 155-173, 175-180,298-322, 342, 377, 380-381, 384, 387, 396-397, 419, 440, 461-1016, 1028,1088, 1143, 1187, 1204-1549, 1555-1557, 1561, 1572-1573, 1586,1598-1599, 1648-1651, 1674, 1676-1677, 1816-1864, 1867-1886, 1918, 2075,2090, 2092-2093, 2099-2100, 2107, 2116, 2118-2166, 2292, 2295-2312,2334-2344, 2354-2602, 2604-2615, 2617-2624, 2626-2627, 2629, 2631-2636,2638-2644, 2646-2725, 2786, 2827, 2948, 2978-3018, 3020-3030, 3032-3085,3135, 3233, 3416, 3439, 3527, 3538, 3572, 3582-3588, and 3619-3650,thereby increasing the yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content,fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity,abiotic stress tolerance, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of the plant.

According to some embodiments of the invention the exogenouspolynucleotide is at least about 80%, at least about 81%, at least about82%, at least about 83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%, atleast about 86%, at least about 87%, at least about 88%, at least about89%, at least about 90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%, atleast about 93%, at least about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about95%, at least about 96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, atleast about 99%, e.g., 100% identical to the polynucleotide selectedfrom the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3, 5-21, 23-35, 38-42, 44,46-51, 54-55, 57, 59-79, 81-87, 89-103, 105-119, 121-133, 136-139, 141,143-148, 151-152, 155-173, 175-180, 298-322, 342, 377, 380-381, 384,387, 396-397, 419, 440, 461-1016, 1028, 1088, 1143, 1187, 1204-1549,1555-1557, 1561, 1572-1573, 1586, 1598-1599, 1648-1651, 1674, 1676-1677,1816-1864, 1867-1886, 1918, 2075, 2090, 2092-2093, 2099-2100, 2107,2116, 2118-2166, 2292, 2295-2312, 2334-2344, 2354-2602, 2604-2615,2617-2624, 2626-2627, 2629, 2631-2636, 2638-2644, 2646-2725, 2786, 2827,2948, 2978-3018, 3020-3030, 3032-3085, 3135, 3233, 3416, 3439, 3527,3538, 3572, 3582-3588, and 3619-3650.

According to some embodiments of the invention the exogenouspolynucleotide is set forth by SEQ ID NO: 1-42, 44-57, 59-181, and298-3650.

According to some embodiments of the invention the method of increasingyield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogenuse efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant furthercomprising selecting a plant having an increased yield, growth rate,biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality,fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/orabiotic stress tolerance as compared to the wild type plant of the samespecies which is grown under the same growth conditions.

It should be noted that selecting a transformed plant having anincreased trait as compared to a native (or non-transformed) plant grownunder the same growth conditions can be performed by selecting for thetrait, e.g., validating the ability of the transformed plant to exhibitthe increased trait using well known assays (e.g., seedling analyses,greenhouse assays, field experiments) as is further described hereinbelow.

According to some embodiments of the invention selecting is performedunder non-stress conditions.

According to some embodiments of the invention selecting is performedunder abiotic stress conditions.

According to some embodiments of the invention selecting is performedunder nitrogen limiting (e.g., nitrogen deficient) conditions.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the invention, there isprovided a method of selecting a transformed plant having increasedyield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogenuse efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance as compared to a wildtype plant of the same species which is grown under the same growthconditions, the method comprising:

(a) providing plants transformed with an exogenous polynucleotideencoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least about80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, at least about 83%, atleast about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%, at least about87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, at least about 90%, atleast about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%, at least about93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, at least about 96%, atleast about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about 99%, e.g., 100%homologous (e.g., having sequence similarity or sequence identity) tothe amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ IDNOs: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232, 235-236, 238,240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721,3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374, 4425, 4464,4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050,5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239, 5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412,5415-5429, 5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686, 5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700,5702-5707, 5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869, 5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053,6055-6093, 6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523, 6533-6537, and 6563-6589,

(b) selecting from the plants of step (a) a plant having increasedyield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogenuse efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance (e.g., by selecting theplants for the increased trait),

thereby selecting the plant having increased yield, growth rate,biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality,fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/orabiotic stress tolerance as compared to the wild type plant of the samespecies which is grown under the same growth conditions.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the invention, there isprovided a method of selecting a transformed plant having increasedyield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogenuse efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance as compared to a wildtype plant of the same species which is grown under the same growthconditions, the method comprising:

(a) providing plants transformed with an exogenous polynucleotide atleast about 80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, at least about83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%, atleast about 87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, at least about90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%, atleast about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, at least about96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about 99%, e.g.,100% identical to the nucleic acid sequence selected from the groupconsisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3, 5-21, 23-35, 38-42, 44, 46-51, 54-55, 57,59-79, 81-87, 89-103, 105-119, 121-133, 136-139, 141, 143-148, 151-152,155-173, 175-180, 298-322, 342, 377, 380-381, 384, 387, 396-397, 419,440, 461-1016, 1028, 1088, 1143, 1187, 1204-1549, 1555-1557, 1561,1572-1573, 1586, 1598-1599, 1648-1651, 1674, 1676-1677, 1816-1864,1867-1886, 1918, 2075, 2090, 2092-2093, 2099-2100, 2107, 2116,2118-2166, 2292, 2295-2312, 2334-2344, 2354-2602, 2604-2615, 2617-2624,2626-2627, 2629, 2631-2636, 2638-2644, 2646-2725, 2786, 2827, 2948,2978-3018, 3020-3030, 3032-3085, 3135, 3233, 3416, 3439, 3527, 3538,3572, 3582-3588, and 3619-3650.

(b) selecting from the plants of step (a) a plant having increasedyield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogenuse efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance,

thereby selecting the plant having increased yield, growth rate,biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality,fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/orabiotic stress tolerance as compared to the wild type plant of the samespecies which is grown under the same growth conditions.

As used herein the term “polynucleotide” refers to a single or doublestranded nucleic acid sequence which is isolated and provided in theform of an RNA sequence, a complementary polynucleotide sequence (cDNA),a genomic polynucleotide sequence and/or a composite polynucleotidesequences (e.g., a combination of the above).

The term “isolated” refers to at least partially separated from thenatural environment e.g., from a plant cell.

As used herein the phrase “complementary polynucleotide sequence” refersto a sequence, which results from reverse transcription of messenger RNAusing a reverse transcriptase or any other RNA dependent DNA polymerase.Such a sequence can be subsequently amplified in vivo or in vitro usinga DNA dependent DNA polymerase.

As used herein the phrase “genomic polynucleotide sequence” refers to asequence derived (isolated) from a chromosome and thus it represents acontiguous portion of a chromosome.

As used herein the phrase “composite polynucleotide sequence” refers toa sequence, which is at least partially complementary and at leastpartially genomic. A composite sequence can include some exonalsequences required to encode the polypeptide of the present invention,as well as some intronic sequences interposing therebetween. Theintronic sequences can be of any source, including of other genes, andtypically will include conserved splicing signal sequences. Suchintronic sequences may further include cis acting expression regulatoryelements.

Nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides of the presentinvention may be optimized for expression. Examples of such sequencemodifications include, but are not limited to, an altered G/C content tomore closely approach that typically found in the plant species ofinterest, and the removal of codons atypically found in the plantspecies commonly referred to as codon optimization.

The phrase “codon optimization” refers to the selection of appropriateDNA nucleotides for use within a structural gene or fragment thereofthat approaches codon usage within the plant of interest. Therefore, anoptimized gene or nucleic acid sequence refers to a gene in which thenucleotide sequence of a native or naturally occurring gene has beenmodified in order to utilize statistically-preferred orstatistically-favored codons within the plant. The nucleotide sequencetypically is examined at the DNA level and the coding region optimizedfor expression in the plant species determined using any suitableprocedure, for example as described in Sardana et al. (1996, Plant CellReports 15:677-681). In this method, the standard deviation of codonusage, a measure of codon usage bias, may be calculated by first findingthe squared proportional deviation of usage of each codon of the nativegene relative to that of highly expressed plant genes, followed by acalculation of the average squared deviation. The formula used is: 1SDCU=n=1 N [(Xn−Yn)/Yn]2/N, where Xn refers to the frequency of usage ofcodon n in highly expressed plant genes, where Yn to the frequency ofusage of codon n in the gene of interest and N refers to the totalnumber of codons in the gene of interest. A Table of codon usage fromhighly expressed genes of dicotyledonous plants is compiled using thedata of Murray et al. (1989, Nuc Acids Res. 17:477498).

One method of optimizing the nucleic acid sequence in accordance withthe preferred codon usage for a particular plant cell type is based onthe direct use, without performing any extra statistical calculations,of codon optimization Tables such as those provided on-line at the CodonUsage Database through the NIAS (National Institute of AgrobiologicalSciences) DNA bank in Japan (kazusa (dot) or (dot) jp/codon). The CodonUsage Database contains codon usage tables for a number of differentspecies, with each codon usage Table having been statisticallydetermined based on the data present in Genbank.

By using the above Tables to determine the most preferred or mostfavored codons for each amino acid in a particular species (for example,rice), a naturally-occurring nucleotide sequence encoding a protein ofinterest can be codon optimized for that particular plant species. Thisis effected by replacing codons that may have a low statisticalincidence in the particular species genome with corresponding codons, inregard to an amino acid, that are statistically more favored. However,one or more less-favored codons may be selected to delete existingrestriction sites, to create new ones at potentially useful junctions(5′ and 3′ ends to add signal peptide or termination cassettes, internalsites that might be used to cut and splice segments together to producea correct full-length sequence), or to eliminate nucleotide sequencesthat may negatively effect mRNA stability or expression.

The naturally-occurring encoding nucleotide sequence may already, inadvance of any modification, contain a number of codons that correspondto a statistically-favored codon in a particular plant species.Therefore, codon optimization of the native nucleotide sequence maycomprise determining which codons, within the native nucleotidesequence, are not statistically-favored with regards to a particularplant, and modifying these codons in accordance with a codon usage tableof the particular plant to produce a codon optimized derivative. Amodified nucleotide sequence may be fully or partially optimized forplant codon usage provided that the protein encoded by the modifiednucleotide sequence is produced at a level higher than the proteinencoded by the corresponding naturally occurring or native gene.Construction of synthetic genes by altering the codon usage is describedin for example PCT Patent Application 93/07278.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the exogenouspolynucleotide is a non-coding RNA.

As used herein the phrase ‘non-coding RNA” refers to an RNA moleculewhich does not encode an amino acid sequence (a polypeptide). Examplesof such non-coding RNA molecules include, but are not limited to, anantisense RNA, a pre-miRNA (precursor of a microRNA), or a precursor ofa Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA).

Non-limiting examples of non-coding RNA polynucleotides are provided inSEQ ID NOs: 377, 397, 1007, 1526, 1555, 1556, 1557, 1561, 1573, 1650,2120, 2445, 2538, 3233, 3527, and 3588.

Thus, the invention encompasses nucleic acid sequences describedhereinabove; fragments thereof, sequences hybridizable therewith,sequences homologous thereto, sequences encoding similar polypeptideswith different codon usage, altered sequences characterized bymutations, such as deletion, insertion or substitution of one or morenucleotides, either naturally occurring or man induced, either randomlyor in a targeted fashion.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the exogenouspolynucleotide encodes a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequenceat least 80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, at least about83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%, atleast about 87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, at least about90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%, atleast about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, at least about96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about 99%, e.g.,100% identical to the amino acid sequence of a naturally occurring plantorthologue of the polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQID NOs: 182-216, 219-223, 225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675,3677-4327, 4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844,4846-4848, 4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884,4888-4893, 4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922,4924, 4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966,4968-4971, 4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340,5342-5347, 5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429,5433-5439, 5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793,5795-5796, 5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826,5829-5832, 5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890,5892-5896, 5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933,5935-5941, 5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972,5974-5991, 5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119,6121-6154, 6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and6503-6589.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the polypeptidecomprising an amino acid sequence at least 80%, at least about 81%, atleast about 82%, at least about 83%, at least about 84%, at least about85%, at least about 86%, at least about 87%, at least about 88%, atleast about 89%, at least about 90%, at least about 91%, at least about92%, at least about 93%, at least about 93%, at least about 94%, atleast about 95%, at least about 96%, at least about 97%, at least about98%, at least about 99%, e.g., 100% identical to the amino acid sequenceof a naturally occurring plant orthologue of the polypeptide selectedfrom the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216, 219-223, 225-233,235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815, 4818,4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855, 4858,4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896, 4899-4902,4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941, 4944-4948,4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997, 4999-5050,5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358, 5361-5397,5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463,5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806,5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853, 5855-5870,5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898, 5900-5907,5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943, 5946-5947,5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995, 5998-6001,6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154, 6156-6161, 6163-6198,6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589.

The invention provides an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleicacid sequence at least about 80%, at least about 81%, at least about82%, at least about 83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%, atleast about 86%, at least about 87%, at least about 88%, at least about89%, at least about 90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%, atleast about 93%, at least about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about95%, at least about 96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, atleast about 99%, e.g., 100% identical to the polynucleotide selectedfrom the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3, 5-21, 23-35, 38-42, 44,46-51, 54-55, 57, 59-79, 81-87, 89-103, 105-119, 121-133, 136-139, 141,143-148, 151-152, 155-173, 175-180, 298-322, 342, 377, 380-381, 384,387, 396-397, 419, 440, 461-1016, 1028, 1088, 1143, 1187, 1204-1549,1555-1557, 1561, 1572-1573, 1586, 1598-1599, 1648-1651, 1674, 1676-1677,1816-1864, 1867-1886, 1918, 2075, 2090, 2092-2093, 2099-2100, 2107,2116, 2118-2166, 2292, 2295-2312, 2334-2344, 2354-2602, 2604-2615,2617-2624, 2626-2627, 2629, 2631-2636, 2638-2644, 2646-2725, 2786, 2827,2948, 2978-3018, 3020-3030, 3032-3085, 3135, 3233, 3416, 3439, 3527,3538, 3572, 3582-3588, and 3619-3650.

According to some embodiments of the invention the nucleic acid sequenceis capable of increasing nitrogen use efficiency, fertilizer useefficiency, yield (e.g., seed yield, oil yield), growth rate, vigor,biomass, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length,photosynthetic capacity, abiotic stress tolerance and/or water useefficiency of a plant.

According to some embodiments of the invention the isolatedpolynucleotide comprising the nucleic acid sequence selected from thegroup consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-42, 44-57, 59-181, and 298-3650.

According to some embodiments of the invention the isolatedpolynucleotide is set forth by SEQ ID NO: 1-42, 44-57, 59-181, and298-3650.

The invention provides an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleicacid sequence encoding a polypeptide which comprises an amino acidsequence at least about 80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, atleast about 83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about86%, at least about 87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, atleast about 90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about93%, at least about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, atleast about 96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about99%, or more say 100% homologous to the amino acid sequence selectedfrom the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216,219-223, 225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287,289-297, 3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774,3795-4304, 4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844,4867-4869, 4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231,5233, 5239, 5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456,5465-5673, 5675-5686, 5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715,5717-5785, 5831, 5869, 5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132,6383, 6405, 6493, 6523, 6533-6537, and 6563-6589.

According to some embodiments of the invention the amino acid sequenceis capable of increasing nitrogen use efficiency, fertilizer useefficiency, yield, seed yield, growth rate, vigor, biomass, oil content,fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity,abiotic stress tolerance and/or water use efficiency of a plant.

The invention provides an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleicacid sequence encoding a polypeptide which comprises the amino acidsequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216,219-223, 225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327,4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848,4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893,4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924,4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971,4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347,5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439,5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796,5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832,5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896,5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941,5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991,5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154,6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the invention, there isprovided a nucleic acid construct comprising the isolated polynucleotideof the invention, and a promoter for directing transcription of thenucleic acid sequence in a host cell.

The invention provides an isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acidsequence at least about 80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, atleast about 83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about86%, at least about 87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, atleast about 90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about93%, at least about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, atleast about 96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about99%, or more say 100% homologous to an amino acid sequence selected fromthe group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223,225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297,3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304,4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869,4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239,5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686,5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869,5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523,6533-6537, and 6563-6589.

In an exemplary embodiment the polypeptide is not the polypeptide setforth by SEQ ID NO: 217-218, 224, 234, 239, 261, 3676, 4328, 4816-4817,4819-4820, 4828-4829, 4831-4832, 4834, 4841-4842, 4845, 4849, 4856-4857,4859-4860, 4863-4864, 4871-4872, 4883, 4885-4887, 4894, 4897-4898, 4903,4905, 4907-4911, 4914-4917, 4920-4921, 4923, 4925-4928, 4942-4943, 4949,4953-4954, 4958-4959, 4964-4965, 4967, 4972, 4998, 5051-5052, 5308,5327, 5341, 5348-5349, 5359-5360, 5398-5400, 5403-5406, 5409, 5430-5432,5440-5441, 5457, 5462, 5464, 5787, 5789, 5794, 5797, 5801, 5805,5807-5808, 5819, 5824, 5827-5828, 5833-5834, 5854, 5871, 5874,5877-5878, 5880, 5891, 5897, 5899, 5908, 5911, 5926-5927, 5931, 5934,5942, 5944-5945, 5948, 5958, 5965, 5971, 5973, 5992-5993, 5996-5997,6002, 6006, 6102, 6120, 6155, 6162, 6199, 6244, 6272, or 6502.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the polypeptidecomprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting ofSEQ ID NOs: 182-216, 219-223, 225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297,3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840,4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882,4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919,4922, 4924, 4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966,4968-4971, 4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340,5342-5347, 5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429,5433-5439, 5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793,5795-5796, 5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826,5829-5832, 5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890,5892-5896, 5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933,5935-5941, 5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972,5974-5991, 5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119,6121-6154, 6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and6503-6589.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the polypeptide is setforth by SEQ ID NO: 182-216, 219-223, 225-233, 235-238, 240-260,262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833,4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870,4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913,4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957,4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326,5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408,5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788,5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823,5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879,5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930,5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970,5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119,6121-6154, 6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501,6503-6588 or 6589.

The invention also encompasses fragments of the above describedpolypeptides and polypeptides having mutations, such as deletions,insertions or substitutions of one or more amino acids, either naturallyoccurring or man induced, either randomly or in a targeted fashion.

The term “plant” as used herein encompasses a whole plant, a graftedplant, ancestor(s) and progeny of the plants and plant parts, includingseeds, shoots, stems, roots (including tubers), rootstock, scion, andplant cells, tissues and organs. The plant may be in any form includingsuspension cultures, embryos, meristematic regions, callus tissue,leaves, gametophytes, sporophytes, pollen, and microspores. Plants thatare particularly useful in the methods of the invention include allplants which belong to the superfamily Viridiplantae, in particularmonocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants including a fodder or foragelegume, ornamental plant, food crop, tree, or shrub selected from thelist comprising Acacia spp., Acer spp., Actinidia spp., Aesculus spp.,Agathis australis, Albizia amara, Alsophila tricolor, Andropogon spp.,Arachis spp. Areca catechu, Astelia fragrans, Astragalus cicer, Baikiaeaplurijuga, Betula spp., Brassica spp., Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, Burkeaafricana Butea frondosa, Cadaba farinosa, Calliandra spp, Camelliasinensis, Canna indica, Capsicum spp., Cassia spp., Centroema pubescens,Chacoomeles spp., Cinnamomum cassia, Coffea arabica, Colophospermummopane, Coronillia varia, Cotoneaster serotina, Crataegus spp., Cucumisspp., Cupressus spp., Cyathea dealbata, Cydonia oblonga, Cryptomeriajaponica, Cymbopogon spp., Cynthea dealbata, Cydonia oblonga, Dalbergiamonetaria, Davallia divaricata, Desmodium spp., Dicksonia squarosa,Dibeteropogon amplectens, Dioclea spp. Dolichos spp., Dorycnium rectum,Echinochloa pyramidalis, Ehraffia spp., Eleusine coracana, Eragrestisspp., Erythrina spp., Eucalypfus spp., Euclea schimperi, Eulaliavi/losa, Pagopyrum spp., Feijoa sellowlana, Fragaria spp., Flemingiaspp, Freycinetia banksli, Geranium thunbergii, GinAgo biloba, Glycinejavanica, Gliricidia spp. Gossypium hirsutum, Grevillea spp., Guibourtiacoleosperma, Hedysarum spp., Hemaffhia altissima, Heteropogon contoffus,Hordeum vulgare, Hyparrhenia rufa, Hypericum erectum, Hypeffheliadissolute, Indigo incamata, Iris spp., Leptarrhena pyrolifolia,Lespediza spp., Lettuca spp., Leucaena leucocephala, Loudetia simplex,Lotonus bainesli, Lotus spp., Macrotyloma axillare, Malus spp., Manihotesculenta, Medicago saliva, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Musasapientum, Nicotianum spp., Onobrychis spp., Ornithopus spp., Oryzaspp., Peltophorum africanum, Pennisetum spp., Persea gratissima, Petuniaspp., Phaseolus spp., Phoenix canariensis, Phormium cookianum, Photiniaspp., Picea glauca, Pinus spp., Pisum sativam, Podocarpus totara,Pogonarthria fleckii, Pogonaffhria squarrosa, Populus spp., Prosopiscineraria Pseudotsuga menziesii, Pterolobium stellatum, Pyrus communis,Quercus spp., Rhaphiolepsis umbellata, Rhopalostylis sapida, Rhusnatalensis, Ribes grossularia, Ribes spp., Robinia pseudoacacia, Rosaspp., Rubus spp., Salix spp., Schyzachyrium sanguineum, Sciadopitysvefficillata, Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sorghumbicolor, Spinacia spp., Sporobolus fimbriatus, Stiburus alopecuroides,Stylosanthos humilis, Tadehagi spp, Taxodium distichum, Themedatriandra, Trifolium spp., Triticum spp., Tsuga heterophylla, Vacciniumspp., Vicia spp., Vitis vinifera, Watsonia pyramidata, Zantedeschiaaethiopica, Zea mays, amaranth, artichoke, asparagus, broccoli, Brusselssprouts, cabbage, canola, carrot, cauliflower, celery, collard greens,flax, kale, lentil, oilseed rape, okra, onion, potato, rice, soybean,straw, sugar beet, sugar cane, sunflower, tomato, squash tea, maize,wheat, barley, rye, oat, peanut, pea, lentil and alfalfa, cotton,rapeseed, canola, pepper, sunflower, tobacco, eggplant, eucalyptus, atree, an ornamental plant, a perennial grass and a forage crop.Alternatively algae and other non-Viridiplantae can be used for themethods of the present invention.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the plant used by themethod of the invention is a crop plant such as rice, maize, wheat,barley, peanut, potato, sesame, olive tree, palm oil, banana, soybean,sunflower, canola, sugarcane, alfalfa, millet, leguminosae (bean, pea),flax, lupinus, rapeseed, tobacco, poplar and cotton.

According to some embodiments of the invention the plant is adicotyledonous plant.

According to some embodiments of the invention the plant is amonocotyledonous plant.

According to some embodiments of the invention, there is provided aplant cell exogenously expressing the polynucleotide of some embodimentsof the invention, the nucleic acid construct of some embodiments of theinvention and/or the polypeptide of some embodiments of the invention.

According to some embodiments of the invention, expressing the exogenouspolynucleotide of the invention within the plant is effected bytransforming one or more cells of the plant with the exogenouspolynucleotide, followed by generating a mature plant from thetransformed cells and cultivating the mature plant under conditionssuitable for expressing the exogenous polynucleotide within the matureplant.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the transformation iseffected by introducing to the plant cell a nucleic acid construct whichincludes the exogenous polynucleotide of some embodiments of theinvention and at least one promoter for directing transcription of theexogenous polynucleotide in a host cell (a plant cell). Further detailsof suitable transformation approaches are provided hereinbelow.

As mentioned, the nucleic acid construct according to some embodimentsof the invention comprises a promoter sequence and the isolatedpolynucleotide of some embodiments of the invention.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the isolatedpolynucleotide is operably linked to the promoter sequence.

A coding nucleic acid sequence is “operably linked” to a regulatorysequence (e.g., promoter) if the regulatory sequence is capable ofexerting a regulatory effect on the coding sequence linked thereto.

As used herein, the term “promoter” refers to a region of DNA which liesupstream of the transcriptional initiation site of a gene to which RNApolymerase binds to initiate transcription of RNA. The promoter controlswhere (e.g., which portion of a plant) and/or when (e.g., at which stageor condition in the lifetime of an organism) the gene is expressed.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the promoter isheterologous to the isolated polynucleotide and/or to the host cell.

As used herein the phrase “heterologous promoter” refers to a promoterfrom a different species or from the same species but from a differentgene locus as of the isolated polynucleotide sequence.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the isolatedpolynucleotide is heterologous to the plant cell (e.g., thepolynucleotide is derived from a different plant species when comparedto the plant cell, thus the isolated polynucleotide and the plant cellare not from the same plant species).

Any suitable promoter sequence can be used by the nucleic acid constructof the present invention. Preferably the promoter is a constitutivepromoter, a tissue-specific, or an abiotic stress-inducible promoter.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the promoter is a plantpromoter, which is suitable for expression of the exogenouspolynucleotide in a plant cell.

Suitable promoters for expression in wheat include, but are not limitedto, Wheat SPA promoter (SEQ ID NO: 6590; Albanietal, Plant Cell, 9:171-184, 1997, which is fully incorporated herein by reference), wheatLMW (SEQ ID NO: 6591 (longer LMW promoter), and SEQ ID NO: 6592 (LMWpromoter) and HMW glutenin-1 (SEQ ID NO: 6593 (Wheat HMW glutenin-1longer promoter); and SEQ ID NO: 6594 (Wheat HMW glutenin-1 Promoter);Thomas and Flavell, The Plant Cell 2:1171-1180; Furtado et al., 2009Plant Biotechnology Journal 7:240-253, each of which is fullyincorporated herein by reference), wheat alpha, beta and gamma gliadins[e.g., SEQ ID NO: 6595 (wheat alpha gliadin, B genome, promoter); SEQ IDNO: 6596 (wheat gamma gliadin promoter); EMBO 3:1409-15, 1984, which isfully incorporated herein by reference], wheat TdPR60 [SEQ ID NO: 6597(wheat TdPR60 longer promoter) or SEQ ID NO: 6598 (wheat TdPR60promoter); Kovalchuk et al., Plant Mol Biol 71:81-98, 2009, which isfully incorporated herein by reference], maize Ub1 Promoter [cultivarNongda 105 (SEQ ID NO: 6599); GenBank: DQ141598.1; Taylor et al., PlantCell Rep 1993 12: 491-495, which is fully incorporated herein byreference; and cultivar B73 (SEQ ID NO: 6600); Christensen, A H, et al.Plant Mol. Biol. 18 (4), 675-689 (1992), which is fully incorporatedherein by reference]; rice actin 1 (SEQ ID NO: 6601; Mc Elroy et al.1990, The Plant Cell, Vol. 2, 163-171, which is fully incorporatedherein by reference), rice GOS2 [SEQ ID NO: 6602 (rice GOS2 longerpromoter) and SEQ ID NO: 6603 (rice GOS2 Promoter); De Pater et al.Plant J. 1992; 2: 837-44, which is fully incorporated herein byreference], arabidopsis Pho1 [SEQ ID NO: 6604 (arabidopsis Pho1Promoter); Hamburger et al., Plant Cell. 2002; 14: 889-902, which isfully incorporated herein by reference]. ExpansinB promoters, e.g., riceExpB5 [SEQ ID NO: 6605 (rice ExpB5 longer promoter) and SEQ ID NO: 6606(rice ExpB5 promoter)] and Barley ExpB1 [SEQ ID NO: 6607 (barley ExpB1Promoter), Won et al. Mol Cells. 2010: 30:369-76, which is fullyincorporated herein by reference], barley SS2 (sucrose synthase 2) [(SEQID NO: 6608), Guerin and Carbonero, Plant Physiology May 1997 vol. 114no. 1 55-62, which is fully incorporated herein by reference], and ricePG5a [SEQ ID NO: 6609, U.S. Pat. No. 7,700,835, Nakase et al., Plant MolBiol. 32:621-30, 1996, each of which is fully incorporated herein byreference].

Suitable constitutive promoters include, for example, CaMV 35S promoter[SEQ ID NO: 6610 (CaMV 35S (pQXNc) Promoter); SEQ ID NO: 6611 (PJJ 35Sfrom Brachypodium); SEQ ID NO: 6612 (CaMV 35S (OLD) Promoter) (Odell etal., Nature 313:810-812, 1985)], Arabidopsis At6669 promoter (SEQ ID NO:6613 (Arabidopsis At6669 (OLD) Promoter); see PCT Publication No.WO04081173A2 or the new At6669 promoter (SEQ ID NO: 6614 (ArabidopsisAt6669 (NEW) Promoter)); maize Ubi Promoter [cultivar Nongda 105 (SEQ IDNO: 6599); GenBank: DQ141598.1; Taylor et al., Plant Cell Rep 1993 12:491-495, which is fully incorporated herein by reference; and cultivarB73 (SEQ ID NO: 6600); Christensen, A H, et al. Plant Mol. Biol. 18 (4),675-689 (1992), which is fully incorporated herein by reference]; riceactin 1 (SEQ ID NO: 6601, McElroy et al., Plant Cell 2:163-171, 1990);pEMU (Last et al., Theor. Appl. Genet. 81:581-588, 1991); CaMV 19S(Nilsson et al., Physiol. Plant 100:456-462, 1997); rice GOS2 [SEQ IDNO: 6602 (rice GOS2 longer Promoter) and SEQ ID NO: 6603 (rice GOS2Promoter), de Pater et al, Plant J November; 2(6):837-44, 1992]; RBCSpromoter (SEQ ID NO: 6615); Rice cyclophilin (Bucholz et al, Plant MolBiol. 25(5):837-43, 1994); Maize H3 histone (Lepetit et al. Mol. Gen.Genet. 231: 276-285, 1992); Actin 2 (An et al, Plant J. 10(1); 107-121,1996) and Synthetic Super MAS (Ni et al., The Plant Journal 7: 661-76,1995). Other constitutive promoters include those in U.S. Pat. Nos.5,659,026, 5,608,149; 5,608,144; 5,604,121; 5,569,597; 5,466,785;5,399,680; 5,268,463; and 5,608,142.

Suitable tissue-specific promoters include, but not limited to,leaf-specific promoters [e.g., AT5G06690 (Thioredoxin) (high expression,SEQ ID NO: 6616), AT5G61520 (ASTP3) (low expression, SEQ ID NO: 6617)described in Buttner et al 2000 Plant, Cell and Environment 23, 175-184,or the promoters described in Yamamoto et al., Plant J. 12:255-265,1997; Kwon et al., Plant Physiol. 105:357-67, 1994; Yamamoto et al.,Plant Cell Physiol. 35:773-778, 1994; Gotor et al., Plant J. 3:509-18,1993; Orozco et al., Plant Mol. Biol. 23:1129-1138, 1993; and Matsuokaet al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:9586-9590, 1993; as well asArabidopsis STP3 (AT5G61520) promoter (Buttner et al., Plant, Cell andEnvironment 23:175-184, 2000)], seed-preferred promoters [e.g., Napin(originated from Brassica napus which is characterized by a seedspecific promoter activity; Stuitje A. R. et. al. Plant BiotechnologyJournal 1 (4): 301-309; SEQ ID NO: 6618 (Brassica napus NAPIN Promoter)from seed specific genes (Simon, et al., Plant Mol. Biol. 5. 191, 1985;Scofield, et al., J. Biol. Chem. 262: 12202, 1987; Baszczynski, et al.,Plant Mol. Biol. 14: 633, 1990), rice PG5a (SEQ ID NO: 6609; U.S. Pat.No. 7,700,835), early seed development Arabidopsis BAN (AT1G61720) (SEQID NO: 6619, US 2009/0031450 A1), late seed development Arabidopsis ABI3(AT3G24650) (SEQ ID NO: 6620 (Arabidopsis AB13 (AT3G24650) longerPromoter) or 6621 (Arabidopsis ABI3 (AT3G24650) Promoter)) (Ng et al.,Plant Molecular Biology 54: 25-38, 2004), Brazil Nut albumin (Pearson'et al., Plant Mol. Biol. 18: 235-245, 1992), legumin (Ellis, et al.Plant Mol. Biol. 10: 203-214, 1988), Glutelin (rice) (Takaiwa, et al.,Mol. Gen. Genet. 208: 15-22, 1986; Takaiwa, et al., FEBS Letts. 221:43-47, 1987), Zein (Matzke et al Plant Mol Biol. 143). 323-32 1990),napA (Stalberg, et al. Planta 199: 515-519, 1996), Wheat SPA (SEQ ID NO:6590; Albanietal, Plant Cell, 9: 171-184, 1997), sunflower oleosin(Cummins, et al., Plant Mol. Biol. 19: 873-876, 1992)], endospermspecific promoters [e.g., wheat LMW (SEQ ID NO: 6591 (Wheat LMW LongerPromoter), and SEQ ID NO: 6592 (Wheat LMW Promoter) and HMW glutenin-1[(SEQ ID NO: 6593 (Wheat HMW glutenin-1 longer Promoter)); and SEQ IDNO: 6594 (Wheat HMW glutenin-1 Promoter), Thomas and Flavell, The PlantCell 2:1171-1180, 1990; Mol Gen Genet 216:81-90, 1989; NAR 17:461-2),wheat alpha, beta and gamma gliadins (SEQ ID NO: 6595 (wheat alphagliadin (B genome) promoter); SEQ ID NO: 6596 (wheat gamma gliadinpromoter); EMBO 3:1409-15, 1984), Barley Itrl promoter, barley B1, C. Dhordein (Theor Appl Gen 98:1253-62, 1999; Plant J 4:343-55, 1993; MolGen Genet 250:750-60, 1996), Barley DOF (Mena et al, The Plant Journal,116(1): 53-62, 1998), Biz2 (EP99106056.7), Barley SS2 (SEQ ID NO: 6608(Barley SS2 Promoter); Guerin and Carbonero Plant Physiology 114: 155-62, 1997), wheat Tarp60 (Kovalchuk et al., Plant Mol Biol 71:81-98,2009), barley D-hordein (D-Hor) and B-hordein (B-Hor) (Agnelo Furtado,Robert J. Henry and Alessandro Pellegrineschi (2009)], Syntheticpromoter (Vicente-Carbajosa et al., Plant J. 13: 629-640, 1998), riceprolamin NRP33, rice -globulin Glb-1 (Wu et al. Plant Cell Physiology39(8) 885-889, 1998), rice alpha-globulin REB/OHP-1 (Nakase et al. PlantMol. Biol. 33: 513-S22, 1997), rice ADP-glucose PP (Trans Res 6:157-68,1997), maize ESR gene family (Plant J 12:235-46, 1997), sorgumgamma-kafirin (PMB 32:1029-35, 1996)], embryo specific promoters [e.g.,rice OSH1 (Sato et al, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 93: 8117-8122), KNOX(Postma-Haarsma et al, Plant Mol. Biol. 39:257-71, 1999), rice oleosin(Wu et at, J. Biochem., 123:386, 1998)], and flower-specific promoters[e.g., AtPRP4, chalene synthase (chsA) (Van der Meer, et al., Plant Mol.Biol. 15, 95-109, 1990), LAT52 (Twell et al Mol. Gen Genet. 217:240-245;1989), Arabidopsis apetala-3 (Tilly et al., Development. 125:1647-57,1998), Arabidopsis APETALA 1 (AT1G69120, API) (SEQ ID NO: 6622(Arabidopsis (AT1G69120) APETALA 1)) (Hempel et al., Development124:3845-3853, 1997)], and root promoters [e.g., the ROOTP promoter [SEQID NO: 6623]; rice ExpB5 (SEQ ID NO: 6606 (rice ExpB5 Promoter); or SEQID NO: 6605 (rice ExpB5 longer Promoter)) and barley ExpB1 promoters(SEQ ID NO: 6607) (Won et al. Mol. Cells 30: 369-376, 2010); arabidopsisATTPS-CIN (AT3G25820) promoter (SEQ ID NO: 6624; Chen et al., Plant Phys135:1956-66, 2004); arabidopsis Pho1 promoter (SEQ ID NO: 6604,Hamburger et al., Plant Cell. 14: 889-902, 2002), which is also slightlyinduced by stress].

Suitable abiotic stress-inducible promoters include, but not limited to,salt-inducible promoters such as RD29A (Yamaguchi-Shinozalei et al.,Mol. Gen. Genet. 236:331-340, 1993); drought-inducible promoters such asmaize rab17 gene promoter (Pla et. al., Plant Mol. Biol. 21:259-266,1993), maize rab28 gene promoter (Busk et. al., Plant J. 11:1285-1295,1997) and maize Ivr2 gene promoter (Pelleschi et. al., Plant Mol. Biol.39:373-380, 1999); heat-inducible promoters such as heat tomatohsp80-promoter from tomato (U.S. Pat. No. 5,187,267).

The nucleic acid construct of some embodiments of the invention canfurther include an appropriate selectable marker and/or an origin ofreplication. According to some embodiments of the invention, the nucleicacid construct utilized is a shuttle vector, which can propagate both inE. coli (wherein the construct comprises an appropriate selectablemarker and origin of replication) and be compatible with propagation incells. The construct according to the present invention can be, forexample, a plasmid, a bacmid, a phagemid, a cosmid, a phage, a virus oran artificial chromosome.

The nucleic acid construct of some embodiments of the invention can beutilized to stably or transiently transform plant cells. In stabletransformation, the exogenous polynucleotide is integrated into theplant genome and as such it represents a stable and inherited trait. Intransient transformation, the exogenous polynucleotide is expressed bythe cell transformed but it is not integrated into the genome and assuch it represents a transient trait.

There are various methods of introducing foreign genes into bothmonocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants (Potrykus, I., Annu. Rev.Plant. Physiol., Plant. Mol. Biol. (1991) 42:205-225; Shimamoto et al.,Nature (1989) 338:274-276).

The principle methods of causing stable integration of exogenous DNAinto plant genomic DNA include two main approaches:

(i) Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer: Klee et al. (1987) Annu. Rev.Plant Physiol. 38:467-486; Klee and Rogers in Cell Culture and SomaticCell Genetics of Plants, Vol. 6. Molecular Biology of Plant NuclearGenes, eds. Schell. J. and Vasil, L. K., Academic Publishers, San Diego,Calif. (1989) p. 2-25; Gatenby, in Plant Biotechnology, eds. Kung, S.and Arntzen, C. J., Butterworth Publishers, Boston, Mass. (1989) p.93-112.

(ii) Direct DNA uptake: Paszkowski et al., in Cell Culture and SomaticCell Genetics of Plants, Vol. 6, Molecular Biology of Plant NuclearGenes eds. Schell, J., and Vasil, L. K., Academic Publishers, San Diego,Calif. (1989) p. 52-68; including methods for direct uptake of DNA intoprotoplasts, Toriyama. K. et al. (1988) Bio/Technology 6:1072-1074. DNAuptake induced by brief electric shock of plant cells: Zhang et al.Plant Cell Rep. (1988) 7:379-384. Fromm et al. Nature (1986)319:791-793. DNA injection into plant cells or tissues by particlebombardment, Klein et al. Bio/Technology (1988) 6:559-563; McCabe et al.Bio/Technology (1988) 6:923-926; Sanford, Physiol. Plant. (1990)79:206-209; by the use of micropipette systems: Neuhaus et al., Theor.Appl. Genet. (1987) 75:30-36; Neuhaus and Spangenberg, Physiol. Plant.(1990) 79:213-217; glass fibers or silicon carbide whiskertransformation of cell cultures, embryos or callus tissue, U.S. Pat. No.5,464,765 or by the direct incubation of DNA with germinating pollen.DeWet et al, in Experimental Manipulation of Ovule Tissue, eds. Chapman,G. P. and Mantell, S. H. and Daniels, W. Longman, London, (1985) p.197-209; and Ohta, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (1986) 83:715-719.

The Agrobacterium system includes the use of plasmid vectors thatcontain defined DNA segments that integrate into the plant genomic DNA.Methods of inoculation of the plant tissue vary depending upon the plantspecies and the Agrobacterium delivery system. A widely used approach isthe leaf disc procedure which can be performed with any tissue explantthat provides a good source for initiation of whole plantdifferentiation. See, e.g., Horsch et al, in Plant Molecular BiologyManual A5, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (1988) p. 1-9. Asupplementary approach employs the Agrobacterium delivery system incombination with vacuum infiltration. The Agrobacterium system isespecially viable in the creation of transgenic dicotyledonous plants.

There are various methods of direct DNA transfer into plant cells. Inelectroporation, the protoplasts are briefly exposed to a strongelectric field. In microinjection, the DNA is mechanically injecteddirectly into the cells using very small micropipettes. In microparticlebombardment, the DNA is adsorbed on microprojectiles such as magnesiumsulfate crystals or tungsten particles, and the microprojectiles arephysically accelerated into cells or plant tissues.

Following stable transformation plant propagation is exercised. The mostcommon method of plant propagation is by seed. Regeneration by seedpropagation, however, has the deficiency that due to heterozygositythere is a lack of uniformity in the crop, since seeds are produced byplants according to the genetic variances governed by Mendelian rules.Basically, each seed is genetically different and each will grow withits own specific traits. Therefore, it is preferred that the transformedplant be produced such that the regenerated plant has the identicaltraits and characteristics of the parent transgenic plant. Therefore, itis preferred that the transformed plant be regenerated bymicropropagation which provides a rapid, consistent reproduction of thetransformed plants.

Micropropagation is a process of growing new generation plants from asingle piece of tissue that has been excised from a selected parentplant or cultivar. This process permits the mass reproduction of plantshaving the preferred tissue expressing the fusion protein. The newgeneration plants which are produced are genetically identical to, andhave all of the characteristics of, the original plant. Micropropagationallows mass production of quality plant material in a short period oftime and offers a rapid multiplication of selected cultivars in thepreservation of the characteristics of the original transgenic ortransformed plant. The advantages of cloning plants are the speed ofplant multiplication and the quality and uniformity of plants produced.

Micropropagation is a multi-stage procedure that requires alteration ofculture medium or growth conditions between stages. Thus, themicropropagation process involves four basic stages: Stage one, initialtissue culturing; stage two, tissue culture multiplication; stage three,differentiation and plant formation; and stage four, greenhouseculturing and hardening. During stage one, initial tissue culturing, thetissue culture is established and certified contaminant-free. Duringstage two, the initial tissue culture is multiplied until a sufficientnumber of tissue samples are produced from the seedlings to meetproduction goals. During stage three, the tissue samples grown in stagetwo are divided and grown into individual plantlets. At stage four, thetransformed plantlets are transferred to a greenhouse for hardeningwhere the plants' tolerance to light is gradually increased so that itcan be grown in the natural environment.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the transgenic plantsare generated by transient transformation of leaf cells, meristematiccells or the whole plant.

Transient transformation can be effected by any of the direct DNAtransfer methods described above or by viral infection using modifiedplant viruses.

Viruses that have been shown to be useful for the transformation ofplant hosts include CaMV, Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), brome mosaic virus(BMV) and Bean Common Mosaic Virus (BV or BCMV). Transformation ofplants using plant viruses is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,855,237 (beangolden mosaic virus; BGV), EP-A 67,553 (TMV). Japanese PublishedApplication No. 63-14693 (TMV), EPA 194,809 (BV), EPA 278,667 (BV); andGluzman, Y. et al., Communications in Molecular Biology: Viral Vectors,Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, pp. 172-189 (1988). Pseudovirusparticles for use in expressing foreign DNA in many hosts, includingplants are described in WO 87/06261.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the virus used fortransient transformations is avirulent and thus is incapable of causingsevere symptoms such as reduced growth rate, mosaic, ring spots, leafroll, yellowing, streaking, pox formation, tumor formation and pitting.A suitable avirulent virus may be a naturally occurring avirulent virusor an artificially attenuated virus. Virus attenuation may be effectedby using methods well known in the art including, but not limited to,sub-lethal heating, chemical treatment or by directed mutagenesistechniques such as described, for example, by Kurihara and Watanabe(Molecular Plant Pathology 4:259-269, 2003), Gal-on et al. (1992),Atreya et al. (1992) and Huet et al. (1994).

Suitable virus strains can be obtained from available sources such as,for example, the American Type culture Collection (ATCC) or by isolationfrom infected plants. Isolation of viruses from infected plant tissuescan be effected by techniques well known in the art such as described,for example by Foster and Taylor, Eds. “Plant Virology Protocols: FromVirus Isolation to Transgenic Resistance (Methods in Molecular Biology(Humana Pr), Vol 81)”, Humana Press, 1998. Briefly, tissues of aninfected plant believed to contain a high concentration of a suitablevirus, preferably young leaves and flower petals, are ground in a buffersolution (e.g., phosphate buffer solution) to produce a virus infectedsap which can be used in subsequent inoculations.

Construction of plant RNA viruses for the introduction and expression ofnon-viral exogenous polynucleotide sequences in plants is demonstratedby the above references as well as by Dawson, W. O. et al., Virology(1989) 172:285-292; Takamatsu et al. EMBO J. (1987) 6:307-311; French etal. Science (1986) 231:1294-1297; Takamatsu et al. FEBS Letters (1990)269:73-76; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,316,931.

When the virus is a DNA virus, suitable modifications can be made to thevirus itself. Alternatively, the virus can first be cloned into abacterial plasmid for ease of constructing the desired viral vector withthe foreign DNA. The virus can then be excised from the plasmid. If thevirus is a DNA virus, a bacterial origin of replication can be attachedto the viral DNA, which is then replicated by the bacteria.Transcription and translation of this DNA will produce the coat proteinwhich will encapsidate the viral DNA. If the virus is an RNA virus, thevirus is generally cloned as a cDNA and inserted into a plasmid. Theplasmid is then used to make all of the constructions. The RNA virus isthen produced by transcribing the viral sequence of the plasmid andtranslation of the viral genes to produce the coat protein(s) whichencapsidate the viral RNA.

In one embodiment, a plant viral polynucleotide is provided in which thenative coat protein coding sequence has been deleted from a viralpolynucleotide, a non-native plant viral coat protein coding sequenceand a non-native promoter, preferably the subgenomic promoter of thenon-native coat protein coding sequence, capable of expression in theplant host, packaging of the recombinant plant viral polynucleotide, andensuring a systemic infection of the host by the recombinant plant viralpolynucleotide, has been inserted. Alternatively, the coat protein genemay be inactivated by insertion of the non-native polynucleotidesequence within it, such that a protein is produced. The recombinantplant viral polynucleotide may contain one or more additional non-nativesubgenomic promoters. Each non-native subgenomic promoter is capable oftranscribing or expressing adjacent genes or polynucleotide sequences inthe plant host and incapable of recombination with each other and withnative subgenomic promoters. Non-native (foreign) polynucleotidesequences may be inserted adjacent the native plant viral subgenomicpromoter or the native and a non-native plant viral subgenomic promotersif more than one polynucleotide sequence is included. The non-nativepolynucleotide sequences are transcribed or expressed in the host plantunder control of the subgenomic promoter to produce the desiredproducts.

In a second embodiment, a recombinant plant viral polynucleotide isprovided as in the first embodiment except that the native coat proteincoding sequence is placed adjacent one of the non-native coat proteinsubgenomic promoters instead of a non-native coat protein codingsequence.

In a third embodiment, a recombinant plant viral polynucleotide isprovided in which the native coat protein gene is adjacent itssubgenomic promoter and one or more non-native subgenomic promoters havebeen inserted into the viral polynucleotide. The inserted non-nativesubgenomic promoters are capable of transcribing or expressing adjacentgenes in a plant host and are incapable of recombination with each otherand with native subgenomic promoters. Non-native polynucleotidesequences may be inserted adjacent the non-native subgenomic plant viralpromoters such that the sequences are transcribed or expressed in thehost plant under control of the subgenomic promoters to produce thedesired product.

In a fourth embodiment, a recombinant plant viral polynucleotide isprovided as in the third embodiment except that the native coat proteincoding sequence is replaced by a non-native coat protein codingsequence.

The viral vectors are encapsidated by the coat proteins encoded by therecombinant plant viral polynucleotide to produce a recombinant plantvirus. The recombinant plant viral polynucleotide or recombinant plantvirus is used to infect appropriate host plants. The recombinant plantviral polynucleotide is capable of replication in the host, systemicspread in the host, and transcription or expression of foreign gene(s)(exogenous polynucleotide) in the host to produce the desired protein.

Techniques for inoculation of viruses to plants may be found in Fosterand Taylor, eds. “Plant Virology Protocols: From Virus Isolation toTransgenic Resistance (Methods in Molecular Biology (Humana Pr), Vol81)”, Humana Press, 1998; Maramorosh and Koprowski, eds. “Methods inVirology” 7 vols, Academic Press, New York 1967-1984; Hill, S. A.“Methods in Plant Virology”, Blackwell, Oxford, 1984; Walkey, D. G. A.“Applied Plant Virology”. Wiley, New York, 1985; and Kado and Agrawa,eds. “Principles and Techniques in Plant Virology”, VanNostrand-Reinhold, N.Y.

In addition to the above, the polynucleotide of the present inventioncan also be introduced into a chloroplast genome thereby enablingchloroplast expression.

A technique for introducing exogenous polynucleotide sequences to thegenome of the chloroplasts is known. This technique involves thefollowing procedures. First, plant cells are chemically treated so as toreduce the number of chloroplasts per cell to about one. Then, theexogenous polynucleotide is introduced via particle bombardment into thecells with the aim of introducing at least one exogenous polynucleotidemolecule into the chloroplasts. The exogenous polynucleotides selectedsuch that it is integratable into the chloroplast's genome viahomologous recombination which is readily effected by enzymes inherentto the chloroplast. To this end, the exogenous polynucleotide includes,in addition to a gene of interest, at least one polynucleotide stretchwhich is derived from the chloroplast's genome. In addition, theexogenous polynucleotide includes a selectable marker, which serves bysequential selection procedures to ascertain that all or substantiallyall of the copies of the chloroplast genomes following such selectionwill include the exogenous polynucleotide. Further details relating tothis technique are found in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,945,050; and 5,693,507which are incorporated herein by reference. A polypeptide can thus beproduced by the protein expression system of the chloroplast and becomeintegrated into the chloroplast's inner membrane.

According to some embodiments, there is provided a method of improvingnitrogen use efficiency, yield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oilcontent, oil yield, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiberlength, photosynthetic capacity, and/or abiotic stress tolerance (XX toupdate trait) of a grafted plant, the method comprising providing ascion that does not transgenically express a polynucleotide encoding apolypeptide at least 80% homologous to the amino acid sequence selectedfrom the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216, 219-223, 225-233,235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815, 4818,4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855, 4858,4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896, 4899-4902,4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941, 4944-4948,4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997, 4999-5050,5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358, 5361-5397,5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463,5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806,5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853, 5855-5870,5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898, 5900-5907,5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943, 5946-5947,5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995, 5998-6001,6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154, 6156-6161, 6163-6198,6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589 and a plant rootstockthat transgenically expresses a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide atleast about 80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, at least about83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%, atleast about 87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, at least about90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%, atleast about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, at least about96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about 99%, e.g.,100% homologous (or identical) to the amino acid sequence selected fromthe group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223,225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297,3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304,4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869,4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239,5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686,5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869,5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523,6533-6537, and 6563-6589 (e.g., in a constitutive, tissue specific orinducible, e.g., in an abiotic stress responsive manner), therebyimproving the nitrogen use efficiency, yield, growth rate, biomass,vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiberlength, photosynthetic capacity, and/or abiotic stress tolerance of thegrafted plant.

In some embodiments, the plant scion is non-transgenic.

Several embodiments relate to a grafted plant exhibiting improvednitrogen use efficiency, yield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oilcontent, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length,photosynthetic capacity, and/or abiotic stress tolerance, comprising ascion that does not transgenically express a polynucleotide encoding apolypeptide at least 80% homologous to the amino acid sequence selectedfrom the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216, 219-223, 225-233,235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815, 4818,4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855, 4858,4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896, 4899-4902,4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941, 4944-4948,4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997, 4999-5050,5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358, 5361-5397,5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463,5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806,5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853, 5855-5870,5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898, 5900-5907,5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943, 5946-5947,5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995, 5998-6001,6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154, 6156-6161, 6163-6198,6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589, and a plant rootstockthat transgenically expresses a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide atleast about 80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, at least about83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%, atleast about 87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, at least about90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%, atleast about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, at least about96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about 99%, e.g.,100% homologous (or identical) to the amino acid sequence selected fromthe group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223,225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297,3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304,4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869,4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239,5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686,5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869,5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523,6533-6537, and 6563-6589.

In some embodiments, the plant root stock transgenically expresses apolynucleotide encoding a polypeptide at least about 80%, at least about81%, at least about 82%, at least about 83%, at least about 84%, atleast about 85%, at least about 86%, at least about 87%, at least about88%, at least about 89%, at least about 90%, at least about 91%, atleast about 92%, at least about 93%, at least about 93%, at least about94%, at least about 95%, at least about 96%, at least about 97%, atleast about 98%, at least about 99%, e.g., 100% homologous (oridentical) to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consistingof SEQ ID NOs: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232,235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671,3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374,4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888,4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239, 5246,5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686,5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869,5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523,6533-6537, and 6563-6589 in a stress responsive manner.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the plant root stocktransgenically expresses a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptideselected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216, 219-223,225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815,4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855,4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896,4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941,4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997,4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358,5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456,5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800,5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853,5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898,5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943,5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995,5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154, 6156-6161,6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the plant root stocktransgenically expresses a polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acidsequence at least about 80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, atleast about 83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about86%, at least about 87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, atleast about 90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about93%, at least about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, atleast about 96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about99%, e.g., 100% identical to the polynucleotide selected from the groupconsisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3, 5-21, 23-35, 38-42, 44, 46-51, 54-55, 57,59-79, 81-87, 89-103, 105-119, 121-133, 136-139, 141, 143-148, 151-152,155-173, 175-180, 298-322, 342, 377, 380-381, 384, 387, 396-397, 419,440, 461-1016, 1028, 1088, 1143, 1187, 1204-1549, 1555-1557, 1561,1572-1573, 1586, 1598-1599, 1648-1651, 1674, 1676-1677, 1816-1864,1867-1886, 1918, 2075, 2090, 2092-2093, 2099-2100, 2107, 2116,2118-2166, 2292, 2295-2312, 2334-2344, 2354-2602, 2604-2615, 2617-2624,2626-2627, 2629, 2631-2636, 2638-2644, 2646-2725, 2786, 2827, 2948,2978-3018, 3020-3030, 3032-3085, 3135, 3233, 3416, 3439, 3527, 3538,3572, 3582-3588, and 3619-3650.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the plant root stocktransgenically expresses a polynucleotide selected from the groupconsisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-42, 44-57, 59-181, and 298-3650.

Since processes which increase nitrogen use efficiency, fertilizer useefficiency, oil content, yield, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality,fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, growth rate, biomass, vigorand/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant can involve multiple genesacting additively or in synergy (see, for example, in Quesda et al.,Plant Physiol. 130:951-063, 2002), the present invention also envisagesexpressing a plurality of exogenous polynucleotides in a single hostplant to thereby achieve superior effect on nitrogen use efficiency,fertilizer use efficiency, oil content, yield, seed yield, fiber yield,fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, growth rate,biomass, vigor and/or abiotic stress tolerance.

Expressing a plurality of exogenous polynucleotides in a single hostplant can be effected by co-introducing multiple nucleic acidconstructs, each including a different exogenous polynucleotide, into asingle plant cell. The transformed cell can then be regenerated into amature plant using the methods described hereinabove.

Alternatively, expressing a plurality of exogenous polynucleotides in asingle host plant can be effected by co-introducing into a singleplant-cell a single nucleic-acid construct including a plurality ofdifferent exogenous polynucleotides. Such a construct can be designedwith a single promoter sequence which can transcribe a polycistronicmessenger RNA including all the different exogenous polynucleotidesequences. To enable co-translation of the different polypeptidesencoded by the polycistronic messenger RNA, the polynucleotide sequencescan be inter-linked via an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) sequencewhich facilitates translation of polynucleotide sequences positioneddownstream of the IRES sequence. In this case, a transcribedpolycistronic RNA molecule encoding the different polypeptides describedabove will be translated from both the capped 5′ end and the twointernal IRES sequences of the polycistronic RNA molecule to therebyproduce in the cell all different polypeptides. Alternatively, theconstruct can include several promoter sequences each linked to adifferent exogenous polynucleotide sequence.

The plant cell transformed with the construct including a plurality ofdifferent exogenous polynucleotides, can be regenerated into a matureplant, using the methods described hereinabove.

Alternatively, expressing a plurality of exogenous polynucleotides in asingle host plant can be effected by introducing different nucleic acidconstructs, including different exogenous polynucleotides, into aplurality of plants. The regenerated transformed plants can then becross-bred and resultant progeny selected for superior abiotic stresstolerance, water use efficiency, fertilizer use efficiency, growth,biomass, yield and/or vigor traits, using conventional plant breedingtechniques.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the method furthercomprising growing the plant expressing the exogenous polynucleotideunder the abiotic stress.

Non-limiting examples of abiotic stress conditions include, salinity,osmotic stress, drought, water deprivation, excess of water (e.g.,flood, waterlogging), etiolation, low temperature (e.g., cold stress),high temperature, heavy metal toxicity, anaerobiosis, nutrientdeficiency (e.g., nitrogen deficiency or nitrogen limitation), nutrientexcess, atmospheric pollution and UV irradiation.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the method furthercomprising growing the plant expressing the exogenous polynucleotideunder fertilizer limiting conditions (e.g., nitrogen-limitingconditions). Non-limiting examples include growing the plant on soilswith low nitrogen content (40-50% Nitrogen of the content present undernormal or optimal conditions), or even under sever nitrogen deficiency(0-10% Nitrogen of the content present under normal or optimalconditions), wherein the normal or optimal conditions include about 6-15mM Nitrogen, e.g., 6-10 mM Nitrogen).

Thus, the invention encompasses plants exogenously expressing thepolynucleotide(s), the nucleic acid constructs and/or polypeptide(s) ofthe invention.

Once expressed within the plant cell or the entire plant, the level ofthe polypeptide encoded by the exogenous polynucleotide can bedetermined by methods well known in the art such as, activity assays,Western blots using antibodies capable of specifically binding thepolypeptide, Enzyme-Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA),radio-immuno-assays (RIA), immunohistochemistry, immunocytochemistry,immunofluorescence and the like.

Methods of determining the level in the plant of the RNA transcribedfrom the exogenous polynucleotide are well known in the art and include,for example, Northern blot analysis, reverse transcription polymerasechain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis (including quantitative,semi-quantitative or real-time RT-PCR) and RNA-in situ hybridization.

The sequence information and annotations uncovered by the presentteachings can be harnessed in favor of classical breeding. Thus,sub-sequence data of those polynucleotides described above, can be usedas markers for marker assisted selection (MAS), in which a marker isused for indirect selection of a genetic determinant or determinants ofa trait of interest (e.g., biomass, growth rate, oil content, yield,abiotic stress tolerance, water use efficiency, nitrogen use efficiencyand/or fertilizer use efficiency). Nucleic acid data of the presentteachings (DNA or RNA sequence) may contain or be linked to polymorphicsites or genetic markers on the genome such as restriction fragmentlength polymorphism (RFLP), microsatellites and single nucleotidepolymorphism (SNP). DNA fingerprinting (DFP), amplified fragment lengthpolymorphism (AFLP), expression level polymorphism, polymorphism of theencoded polypeptide and any other polymorphism at the DNA or RNAsequence.

Examples of marker assisted selections include, but are not limited to,selection for a morphological trait (e.g., a gene that affects form,coloration, male sterility or resistance such as the presence or absenceof awn, leaf sheath coloration, height, grain color, aroma of rice);selection for a biochemical trait (e.g., a gene that encodes a proteinthat can be extracted and observed; for example, isozymes and storageproteins); selection for a biological trait (e.g., pathogen races orinsect biotypes based on host pathogen or host parasite interaction canbe used as a marker since the genetic constitution of an organism canaffect its susceptibility to pathogens or parasites).

The polynucleotides and polypeptides described hereinabove can be usedin a wide range of economical plants, in a safe and cost effectivemanner.

Plant lines exogenously expressing the polynucleotide or the polypeptideof the invention are screened to identify those that show the greatestincrease of the desired plant trait.

Thus, according to an additional embodiment of the present invention,there is provided a method of evaluating a trait of a plant, the methodcomprising: (a) expressing in a plant or a portion thereof the nucleicacid construct of some embodiments of the invention and (b) evaluating atrait of a plant as compared to a wild type plant of the same type(e.g., a plant not transformed with the claimed biomolecules); therebyevaluating the trait of the plant.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the invention there isprovided a method of producing a crop comprising growing a crop of aplant expressing an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acidsequence encoding a polypeptide at least about 80%, at least about 81%,at least about 82%, at least about 83%, at least about 84%, at leastabout 85%, at least about 86%, at least about 87%, at least about 88%,at least about 89%, at least about 90%, at least about 91%, at leastabout 92%, at least about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%,at least about 96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, at leastabout 99%, or more say 100% homologous (e.g., identical) to the aminoacid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-184,186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268,270-275, 277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735,3754, 3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833,4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217,5231, 5233, 5239, 5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456,5465-5673, 5675-5686, 5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715,5717-5785, 5831, 5869, 5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132,6383, 6405, 6493, 6523, 6533-6537, and 6563-6589, wherein the plant isderived from a plant (parent plant) that has been transformed to expressthe exogenous polynucleotide and that has been selected for increasedabiotic stress tolerance, increased water use efficiency, increasedgrowth rate, increased vigor, increased biomass, increased oil content,increased yield, increased seed yield, increased fiber yield, increasedfiber quality, increased fiber length, increased photosyntheticcapacity, and/or increased fertilizer use efficiency (e.g., increasednitrogen use efficiency) as compared to a control plant, therebyproducing the crop.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of producing a crop comprising growing a cropplant transformed with an exogenous polynucleotide encoding apolypeptide at least 80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, atleast about 83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about86%, at least about 87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, atleast about 90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, at least about 96%, atleast about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about 99%, or more say100% homologous (e.g., identical) to the amino acid sequence selectedfrom the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216,219-223, 225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287,289-297, 3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774,3795-4304, 4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844,4867-4869, 4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231,5233, 5239, 5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456,5465-5673, 5675-5686, 5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715,5717-5785, 5831, 5869, 5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132,6383, 6405, 6493, 6523, 6533-6537, and 6563-6589, wherein the crop plantis derived from plants which have been transformed with the exogenouspolynucleotide and which have been selected for increased abiotic stresstolerance, increased water use efficiency, increased growth rate,increased vigor, increased biomass, increased oil content, increasedyield, increased seed yield, increased fiber yield, increased fiberquality, increased fiber length, increased photosynthetic capacity,and/or increased fertilizer use efficiency (e.g., increased nitrogen useefficiency) as compared to a wild type plant of the same species whichis grown under the same growth conditions, and the crop plant having theincreased abiotic stress tolerance, increased water use efficiency,increased growth rate, increased vigor, increased biomass, increased oilcontent, increased yield, increased seed yield, increased fiber yield,increased fiber quality, increased fiber length, increasedphotosynthetic capacity, and/or increased fertilizer use efficiency(e.g., increased nitrogen use efficiency), thereby producing the crop.

According to some embodiments of the invention the polypeptide isselected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216, 219-223,225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815,4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855,4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896,4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941,4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997,4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358,5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456,5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800,5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853,5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898,5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943,5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995,5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154, 6156-6161,6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the invention there isprovided a method of producing a crop comprising growing a crop of aplant expressing an exogenous polynucleotide which comprises a nucleicacid sequence which is at least about 80%, at least about 81%, at leastabout 82%, at least about 83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%,at least about 86%, at least about 87%, at least about 88%, at leastabout 89%, at least about 90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%,at least about 93%, at least about 93%, at least about 94%, at leastabout 95%, at least about 96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%,at least about 99%, e.g., 100% identical to the nucleic acid sequenceselected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3, 5-21, 23-35,38-42, 44, 46-51, 54-55, 57, 59-79, 81-87, 89-103, 105-119, 121-133,136-139, 141, 143-148, 151-152, 155-173, 175-180, 298-322, 342, 377,380-381, 384, 387, 396-397, 419, 440, 461-1016, 1028, 1088, 1143, 1187,1204-1549, 1555-1557, 1561, 1572-1573, 1586, 1598-1599, 1648-1651, 1674,1676-1677, 1816-1864, 1867-1886, 1918, 2075, 2090, 2092-2093, 2099-2100,2107, 2116, 2118-2166, 2292, 2295-2312, 2334-2344, 2354-2602, 2604-2615,2617-2624, 2626-2627, 2629, 2631-2636, 2638-2644, 2646-2725, 2786, 2827,2948, 2978-3018, 3020-3030, 3032-3085, 3135, 3233, 3416, 3439, 3527,3538, 3572, 3582-3588, and 3619-3650, wherein the plant is derived froma plant selected for increased abiotic stress tolerance, increased wateruse efficiency, increased growth rate, increased vigor, increasedbiomass, increased oil content, increased yield, increased seed yield,increased fiber yield, increased fiber quality, increased fiber length,increased photosynthetic capacity, and/or increased fertilizer useefficiency (e.g., increased nitrogen use efficiency) as compared to acontrol plant, thereby producing the crop.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of producing a crop comprising growing a cropplant transformed with an exogenous polynucleotide at least 80%, atleast about 81%, at least about 82%, at least about 83%, at least about84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%, at least about 87%, atleast about 88%, at least about 89%, at least about 90%, at least about91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%, at least about 94%, atleast about 95%, at least about 96%, at least about 97%, at least about98%, at least about 99%, or more say 100% identical to the nucleic acidsequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-3, 5-21,23-35, 38-42, 44, 46-51, 54-55, 57, 59-79, 81-87, 89-103, 105-119,121-133, 136-139, 141, 143-148, 151-152, 155-173, 175-180, 298-322, 342,377, 380-381, 384, 387, 396-397, 419, 440, 461-1016, 1028, 1088, 1143,1187, 1204-1549, 1555-1557, 1561, 1572-1573, 1586, 1598-1599, 1648-1651,1674, 1676-1677, 1816-1864, 1867-1886, 1918, 2075, 2090, 2092-2093,2099-2100, 2107, 2116, 2118-2166, 2292, 2295-2312, 2334-2344, 2354-2602,2604-2615, 2617-2624, 2626-2627, 2629, 2631-2636, 2638-2644, 2646-2725,2786, 2827, 2948, 2978-3018, 3020-3030, 3032-3085, 3135, 3233, 3416,3439, 3527, 3538, 3572, 3582-3588, and 3619-3650, wherein the crop plantis derived from plants which have been transformed with the exogenouspolynucleotide and which have been selected for increased abiotic stresstolerance, increased water use efficiency, increased growth rate,increased vigor, increased biomass, increased oil content, increasedyield, increased seed yield, increased fiber yield, increased fiberquality, increased fiber length, increased photosynthetic capacity,and/or increased fertilizer use efficiency (e.g., increased nitrogen useefficiency) as compared to a wild type plant of the same species whichis grown under the same growth conditions, and the crop plant having theincreased abiotic stress tolerance, increased water use efficiency,increased growth rate, increased vigor, increased biomass, increased oilcontent, increased yield, increased seed yield, increased fiber yield,increased fiber quality, increased fiber length, increasedphotosynthetic capacity, and/or increased fertilizer use efficiency(e.g., increased nitrogen use efficiency), thereby producing the crop.

According to some embodiments of the invention the exogenouspolynucleotide is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-42, 44-57, 59-181, and 298-3650.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the invention there isprovided a method of growing a crop comprising seeding seeds and/orplanting plantlets of a plant transformed with the exogenouspolynucleotide of the invention, e.g., the polynucleotide which encodesthe polypeptide of some embodiments of the invention, wherein the plantis derived from plants which have been transformed with the exogenouspolynucleotide and which have been selected for at least one traitselected from the group consisting of increased abiotic stresstolerance, increased water use efficiency, increased growth rate,increased vigor, increased biomass, increased oil content, increasedyield, increased seed yield, increased fiber yield, increased fiberquality, increased fiber length, increased photosynthetic capacity,and/or increased fertilizer use efficiency (e.g., increased nitrogen useefficiency) as compared to a non-transformed plant.

According to some embodiments of the invention the method of growing acrop comprising seeding seeds and/or planting plantlets of a planttransformed with an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acidsequence encoding a polypeptide at least about 80%, at least about 81%,at least about 82%, at least about 83%, at least about 84%, at leastabout 85%, at least about 86%, at least about 87%, at least about 88%,at least about 89%, at least about 90%, at least about 91%, at leastabout 92%, at least about 93%, at least about 93%, at least about 94%,at least about 95%, at least about 96%, at least about 97%, at leastabout 98%, at least about 99%, e.g., 100% identical to SEQ ID NO:182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260,262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724,3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813,4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070,5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239, 5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429,5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686, 5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707,5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869, 5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093,6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523, 6533-6537, and 6563-6589, wherein theplant is derived from plants which have been transformed with theexogenous polynucleotide and which have been selected for at least onetrait selected from the group consisting of increased abiotic stresstolerance, increased water use efficiency, increased growth rate,increased vigor, increased biomass, increased oil content, increasedyield, increased seed yield, increased fiber yield, increased fiberquality, increased fiber length, increased photosynthetic capacity,and/or increased fertilizer use efficiency (e.g., increased nitrogen useefficiency) as compared to a non-transformed plant, thereby growing thecrop.

According to some embodiments of the invention the polypeptide isselected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 182-216, 219-223,225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815,4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855,4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896,4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941,4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997,4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358,5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456,5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800,5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853,5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898,5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943,5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995,5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154, 6156-6161,6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589.

According to some embodiments of the invention the method of growing acrop comprising seeding seeds and/or planting plantlets of a planttransformed with an exogenous polynucleotide comprising the nucleic acidsequence at least about 80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, atleast about 83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about86%, at least about 87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, atleast about 90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about93%, at least about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, atleast about 96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about99%, e.g., 100% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1-3, 5-21, 23-35, 38-42, 44,46-51, 54-55, 57, 59-79, 81-87, 89-103, 105-119, 121-133, 136-139, 141,143-148, 151-152, 155-173, 175-180, 298-322, 342, 377, 380-381, 384,387, 396-397, 419, 440, 461-1016, 1028, 1088, 1143, 1187, 1204-1549,1555-1557, 1561, 1572-1573, 1586, 1598-1599, 1648-1651, 1674, 1676-1677,1816-1864, 1867-1886, 1918, 2075, 2090, 2092-2093, 2099-2100, 2107,2116, 2118-2166, 2292, 2295-2312, 2334-2344, 2354-2602, 2604-2615,2617-2624, 2626-2627, 2629, 2631-2636, 2638-2644, 2646-2725, 2786, 2827,2948, 2978-3018, 3020-3030, 3032-3085, 3135, 3233, 3416, 3439, 3527,3538, 3572, 3582-3588, 3619-3649 or 3650, wherein the plant is derivedfrom plants which have been transformed with the exogenouspolynucleotide and which have been selected for at least one traitselected from the group consisting of increased abiotic stresstolerance, increased water use efficiency, increased growth rate,increased vigor, increased biomass, increased oil content, increasedyield, increased seed yield, increased fiber yield, increased fiberquality, increased fiber length, increased photosynthetic capacity,and/or increased fertilizer use efficiency (e.g., increased nitrogen useefficiency) as compared to a non-transformed plant, thereby growing thecrop.

According to some embodiments of the invention the exogenouspolynucleotide is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-42, 44-57, 59-181, and 298-3650.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of growing a crop comprising:

(a) selecting a parent plant transformed with an exogenouspolynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptideat least about 80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, at leastabout 83%, at least about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%,at least about 87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, at leastabout 90%, at least about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%,at least about 93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, at leastabout 96%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about 99%,e.g., 100% identical to the polypeptide selected from the groupconsisting of set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216,219-223, 225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287,289-297, 3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774,3795-4304, 4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844,4867-4869, 4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231,5233, 5239, 5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456,5465-5673, 5675-5686, 5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715,5717-5785, 5831, 5869, 5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132,6383, 6405, 6493, 6523, 6533-6537, and 6563-6589 for at least one traitselected from the group consisting of: increased yield, increased growthrate, increased biomass, increased vigor, increased oil content,increased seed yield, increased fiber yield, increased fiber quality,increased fiber length, increased photosynthetic capacity, increasednitrogen use efficiency, and increased abiotic stress tolerance ascompared to a non-transformed plant of the same species which is grownunder the same growth conditions, and

(b) growing a progeny crop plant of the parent plant, wherein theprogeny crop plant which comprises the exogenous polynucleotide has theincreased yield, the increased growth rate, the increased biomass, theincreased vigor, the increased oil content, the increased seed yield,the increased fiber yield, the increased fiber quality, the increasedfiber length, the increased photosynthetic capacity, the increasednitrogen use efficiency, and/or the increased abiotic stress,

thereby growing the crop.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of producing seeds of a crop comprising:

(a) selecting parent plant transformed with an exogenous polynucleotidecomprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide at least about80%, at least about 81%, at least about 82%, at least about 83%, atleast about 84%, at least about 85%, at least about 86%, at least about87%, at least about 88%, at least about 89%, at least about 90%, atleast about 91%, at least about 92%, at least about 93%, at least about93%, at least about 94%, at least about 95%, at least about 96%, atleast about 97%, at least about 98%, at least about 99%, e.g., 100%identical to the polypeptide selected from the group consisting of setforth in SEQ ID NOs: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232,235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671,3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374,4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888,4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239, 5246,5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686,5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869,5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523,6533-6537, and 6563-6589 for at least one trait selected from the groupconsisting of: increased yield, increased growth rate, increasedbiomass, increased vigor, increased oil content, increased seed yield,increased fiber yield, increased fiber quality, increased fiber length,increased photosynthetic capacity, increased nitrogen use efficiency,and increased abiotic stress as compared to a non-transformed plant ofthe same species which is grown under the same growth conditions,

(b) growing a seed producing plant from the parent plant resultant ofstep (a), wherein the seed producing plant which comprises the exogenouspolynucleotide having the increased yield, the increased growth rate,the increased biomass, the increased vigor, the increased oil content,the increased seed yield, the increased fiber yield, the increased fiberquality, the increased fiber length, the increased photosyntheticcapacity, the increased nitrogen use efficiency, and/or the increasedabiotic stress, and

(c) producing seeds from the seed producing plant resultant of step (b),

thereby producing seeds of the crop.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the seeds produced fromthe seed producing plant comprise the exogenous polynucleotide.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of growing a crop comprising:

(a) selecting a parent plant transformed with an exogenouspolynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding thepolypeptide selected from the group consisting of set forth in SEQ IDNOs: 182-216, 219-223, 225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675,3677-4327, 4329-4815, 4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844,4846-4848, 4850-4855, 4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884,4888-4893, 4895-4896, 4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922,4924, 4929-4941, 4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966,4968-4971, 4973-4997, 4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340,5342-5347, 5350-5358, 5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429,5433-5439, 5442-5456, 5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793,5795-5796, 5798-5800, 5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826,5829-5832, 5835-5853, 5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890,5892-5896, 5898, 5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933,5935-5941, 5943, 5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972,5974-5991, 5994-5995, 5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119,6121-6154, 6156-6161, 6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and6503-6589, for at least one trait selected from the group consisting of:increased yield, increased growth rate, increased biomass, increasedvigor, increased oil content, increased seed yield, increased fiberyield, increased fiber quality, increased fiber length, increasedphotosynthetic capacity, increased nitrogen use efficiency, andincreased abiotic stress tolerance as compared to a non-transformedplant of the same species which is grown under the same growthconditions, and

(b) growing progeny crop plant of the parent plant, wherein the progenycrop plant which comprises the exogenous polynucleotide has theincreased yield, the increased growth rate, the increased biomass, theincreased vigor, the increased oil content, the increased seed yield,the increased fiber yield, the increased fiber quality, the increasedfiber length, the increased photosynthetic capacity, the increasednitrogen use efficiency, and/or the increased abiotic stress,

thereby growing the crop.

According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present inventionthere is provided a method of producing seeds of a crop comprising:

(a) selecting parent plant transformed with an exogenous polynucleotidecomprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide selectedfrom the group consisting of set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 182-216, 219-223,225-233, 235-238, 240-260, 262-297, 3651-3675, 3677-4327, 4329-4815,4818, 4821-4827, 4830, 4833, 4835-4840, 4843-4844, 4846-4848, 4850-4855,4858, 4861-4862, 4865-4870, 4873-4882, 4884, 4888-4893, 4895-4896,4899-4902, 4904, 4906, 4912-4913, 4918-4919, 4922, 4924, 4929-4941,4944-4948, 4950-4952, 4955-4957, 4960-4963, 4966, 4968-4971, 4973-4997,4999-5050, 5053-5307, 5309-5326, 5328-5340, 5342-5347, 5350-5358,5361-5397, 5401-5402, 5407-5408, 5410-5429, 5433-5439, 5442-5456,5458-5461, 5463, 5465-5786, 5788, 5790-5793, 5795-5796, 5798-5800,5802-5804, 5806, 5809-5818, 5820-5823, 5825-5826, 5829-5832, 5835-5853,5855-5870, 5872-5873, 5875-5876, 5879, 5881-5890, 5892-5896, 5898,5900-5907, 5909-5910, 5912-5925, 5928-5930, 5932-5933, 5935-5941, 5943,5946-5947, 5949-5957, 5959-5964, 5966-5970, 5972, 5974-5991, 5994-5995,5998-6001, 6003-6005, 6007-6101, 6103-6119, 6121-6154, 6156-6161,6163-6198, 6200-6243, 6245-6271, 6273-6501, and 6503-6589 for at leastone trait selected from the group consisting of: increased yield,increased growth rate, increased biomass, increased vigor, increased oilcontent, increased seed yield, increased fiber yield, increased fiberquality, increased fiber length, increased photosynthetic capacity,increased nitrogen use efficiency, and increased abiotic stress ascompared to a non-transformed plant of the same species which is grownunder the same growth conditions,

(b) growing a seed producing plant from the parent plant resultant ofstep (a), wherein the seed producing plant which comprises the exogenouspolynucleotide having the increased yield, the increased growth rate,the increased biomass, the increased vigor, the increased oil content,the increased seed yield, the increased fiber yield, the increased fiberquality, the increased fiber length, the increased photosyntheticcapacity, the increased nitrogen use efficiency, and/or the increasedabiotic stress, and

(c) producing seeds from the seed producing plant resultant of step (b),

thereby producing seeds of the crop,

According to some embodiments of the invention the exogenouspolynucleotide is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-42, 44-57, 59-181, and 298-3650.

The effect of the transgene (the exogenous polynucleotide encoding thepolypeptide) on abiotic stress tolerance can be determined using knownmethods such as detailed below and in the Examples section whichfollows.

Abiotic stress tolerance—Transformed (i.e., expressing the transgene)and non-transformed (wild type) plants are exposed to an abiotic stresscondition, such as water deprivation, suboptimal temperature (lowtemperature, high temperature), nutrient deficiency, nutrient excess, asalt stress condition, osmotic stress, heavy metal toxicity,anaerobiosis, atmospheric pollution and UV irradiation.

Salinity tolerance assay—Transgenic plants with tolerance to high saltconcentrations are expected to exhibit better germination, seedlingvigor or growth in high salt. Salt stress can be effected in many wayssuch as, for example, by irrigating the plants with a hyperosmoticsolution, by cultivating the plants hydroponically in a hyperosmoticgrowth solution (e.g., Hoagland solution), or by culturing the plants ina hyperosmotic growth medium [e.g., 50% Murashige-Skoog medium (MSmedium)]. Since different plants vary considerably in their tolerance tosalinity, the salt concentration in the irrigation water, growthsolution, or growth medium can be adjusted according to the specificcharacteristics of the specific plant cultivar or variety, so as toinflict a mild or moderate effect on the physiology and/or morphology ofthe plants (for guidelines as to appropriate concentration see,Bernstein and Kafkafi, Root Growth Under Salinity Stress In: PlantRoots, The Hidden Half 3rd ed. Waisel Y, Eshel A and Kafkafi U.(editors) Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 2002, and reference therein).

For example, a salinity tolerance test can be performed by irrigatingplants at different developmental stages with increasing concentrationsof sodium chloride (for example 50 mM, 100 mM, 200 mM, 400 mM NaCl)applied from the bottom and from above to ensure even dispersal of salt.Following exposure to the stress condition the plants are frequentlymonitored until substantial physiological and/or morphological effectsappear in wild type plants. Thus, the external phenotypic appearance,degree of wilting and overall success to reach maturity and yieldprogeny are compared between control and transgenic plants.

Quantitative parameters of tolerance measured include, but are notlimited to, the average wet and dry weight, growth rate, leaf size, leafcoverage (overall leaf area), the weight of the seeds yielded, theaverage seed size and the number of seeds produced per plant.Transformed plants not exhibiting substantial physiological and/ormorphological effects, or exhibiting higher biomass than wild-typeplants, are identified as abiotic stress tolerant plants.

Osmotic tolerance test—Osmotic stress assays (including sodium chlorideand mannitol assays) are conducted to determine if an osmotic stressphenotype was sodium chloride-specific or if it was a general osmoticstress related phenotype. Plants which are tolerant to osmotic stressmay have more tolerance to drought and/or freezing. For salt and osmoticstress germination experiments, the medium is supplemented for examplewith 50 mM, 100 mM, 200 mM NaCl or 100 mM, 200 mM NaCl, 400 mM mannitol.

Drought tolerance assay/Osmoticum assay—Tolerance to drought isperformed to identify the genes conferring better plant survival afteracute water deprivation. To analyze whether the transgenic plants aremore tolerant to drought, an osmotic stress produced by the non-ionicosmolyte sorbitol in the medium can be performed. Control and transgenicplants are germinated and grown in plant-agar plates for 4 days, afterwhich they are transferred to plates containing 500 mM sorbitol. Thetreatment causes growth retardation, then both control and transgenicplants are compared, by measuring plant weight (wet and dry), yield, andby growth rates measured as time to flowering.

Conversely, soil-based drought screens are performed with plantsoverexpressing the polynucleotides detailed above. Seeds from controlArabidopsis plants, or other transgenic plants overexpressing thepolypeptide of the invention are germinated and transferred to pots.Drought stress is obtained after irrigation is ceased accompanied byplacing the pots on absorbent paper to enhance the soil-drying rate.Transgenic and control plants are compared to each other when themajority of the control plants develop severe wilting. Plants arere-watered after obtaining a significant fraction of the control plantsdisplaying a severe wilting. Plants are ranked comparing to controls foreach of two criteria: tolerance to the drought conditions and recovery(survival) following re-watering.

Cold stress tolerance—To analyze cold stress, mature (25 day old) plantsare transferred to 4° C. chambers for 1 or 2 weeks, with constitutivelight. Later on plants are moved back to greenhouse. Two weeks laterdamages from chilling period, resulting in growth retardation and otherphenotypes, are compared between both control and transgenic plants, bymeasuring plant weight (wet and dry), and by comparing growth ratesmeasured as time to flowering, plant size, yield, and the like.

Heat stress tolerance—Heat stress tolerance is achieved by exposing theplants to temperatures above 34° C. for a certain period. Planttolerance is examined after transferring the plants back to 22° C. forrecovery and evaluation after 5 days relative to internal controls(non-transgenic plants) or plants not exposed to neither cold or heatstress.

Water use efficiency—can be determined as the biomass produced per unittranspiration. To analyze WUE, leaf relative water content can bemeasured in control and transgenic plants. Fresh weight (FW) isimmediately recorded; then leaves are soaked for 8 hours in distilledwater at room temperature in the dark, and the turgid weight (TW) isrecorded. Total dry weight (DW) is recorded after drying the leaves at60° C. to a constant weight. Relative water content (RWC) is calculatedaccording to the following Formula I:

RWC=[(FW−DW)/(TW−DW)]×100  Formula I

Fertilizer use efficiency—To analyze whether the transgenic plants aremore responsive to fertilizers, plants are grown in agar plates or potswith a limited amount of fertilizer, as described, for example, inExamples 24-26, hereinbelow and in Yanagisawa et al (Proc Natl Acad SciUSA. 2004; 101:7833-8). The plants are analyzed for their overall size,time to flowering, yield, protein content of shoot and/or grain. Theparameters checked are the overall size of the mature plant, its wet anddry weight, the weight of the seeds yielded, the average seed size andthe number of seeds produced per plant. Other parameters that may betested are: the chlorophyll content of leaves (as nitrogen plant statusand the degree of leaf verdure is highly correlated), amino acid and thetotal protein content of the seeds or other plant parts such as leavesor shoots, oil content, etc. Similarly, instead of providing nitrogen atlimiting amounts, phosphate or potassium can be added at increasingconcentrations. Again, the same parameters measured are the same aslisted above. In this way, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), phosphate useefficiency (PUE) and potassium use efficiency (KUE) are assessed,checking the ability of the transgenic plants to thrive under nutrientrestraining conditions.

Nitrogen use efficiency—To analyze whether the transgenic plants (e.g.,Arabidopsis plants) are more responsive to nitrogen, plant are grown in0.75-3 mM (nitrogen deficient conditions) or 6-10 mM (optimal nitrogenconcentration). Plants are allowed to grow for additional 25 days oruntil seed production. The plants are then analyzed for their overallsize, time to flowering, yield, protein content of shoot and/orgrain/seed production. The parameters checked can be the overall size ofthe plant, wet and dry weight, the weight of the seeds yielded, theaverage seed size and the number of seeds produced per plant. Otherparameters that may be tested are: the chlorophyll content of leaves (asnitrogen plant status and the degree of leaf greenness is highlycorrelated), amino acid and the total protein content of the seeds orother plant parts such as leaves or shoots and oil content. Transformedplants not exhibiting substantial physiological and/or morphologicaleffects, or exhibiting higher measured parameters levels than wild-typeplants, are identified as nitrogen use efficient plants.

Nitrogen Use efficiency assay using plantlets—The assay is doneaccording to Yanagisawa-S. et al. with minor modifications (“Metabolicengineering with Dof1 transcription factor in plants: Improved nitrogenassimilation and growth under low-nitrogen conditions” Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci. USA 101, 7833-7838). Briefly, transgenic plants which are grown for7-10 days in 0.5×MS [Murashige-Skoog] supplemented with a selectionagent are transferred to two nitrogen-limiting conditions: MS media inwhich the combined nitrogen concentration (NH₄NO₃ and KNO₃) was 0.75 mM(nitrogen deficient conditions) or 6-15 mM (optimal nitrogenconcentration). Plants are allowed to grow for additional 30-40 days andthen photographed, individually removed from the Agar (the shoot withoutthe roots) and immediately weighed (fresh weight) for later statisticalanalysis. Constructs for which only T1 seeds am available are sown onselective media and at least 20 seedlings (each one representing anindependent transformation event) are carefully transferred to thenitrogen-limiting media. For constructs for which T2 seeds areavailable, different transformation events are analyzed. Usually, 20randomly selected plants from each event are transferred to thenitrogen-limiting media allowed to grow for 3-4 additional weeks andindividually weighed at the end of that period. Transgenic plants arecompared to control plants grown in parallel under the same conditions.Mock-transgenic plants expressing the uidA reporter gene (GUS) under thesame promoter or transgenic plants carrying the same promoter butlacking a reporter gene are used as control.

Nitrogen determination—The procedure for N (nitrogen) concentrationdetermination in the structural parts of the plants involves thepotassium persulfate digestion method to convert organic N to NO₃ ⁻(Purcell and King 1996 Argon. J. 88:111-113, the modified Cd⁻ mediatedreduction of NO₃ ⁻ to NO₂ ⁻ (Vodovotz 1996 Biotechniques 20:390-394) andthe measurement of nitrite by the Griess assay (Vodovotz 1996, supra).The absorbance values are measured at 550 nm against a standard curve ofNaNO₂. The procedure is described in details in Samonte et al. 2006Agron. J. 98:168-176.

Germination tests—Germination tests compare the percentage of seeds fromtransgenic plants that could complete the germination process to thepercentage of seeds from control plants that are treated in the samemanner. Normal conditions are considered for example, incubations at 22°C. under 22-hour light 2-hour dark daily cycles. Evaluation ofgermination and seedling vigor is conducted between 4 and 14 days afterplanting. The basal media is 50% MS medium (Murashige and Skoog, 1962Plant Physiology 15, 473-497).

Germination is checked also at unfavorable conditions such as cold(incubating at temperatures lower than 10° C. instead of 22° C.) orusing seed inhibition solutions that contain high concentrations of anosmolyte such as sorbitol (at concentrations of 50 mM, 100 mM, 200 mM,300 mM, 500 mM, and up to 1000 mM) or applying increasing concentrationsof salt (of 50 mM, 100 mM, 200 mM, 300 mM, 500 mM NaCl).

The effect of the transgene on plant's vigor, growth rate, biomass,yield and/or oil content can be determined using known methods.

Plant vigor—The plant vigor can be calculated by the increase in growthparameters such as leaf area, fiber length, rosette diameter, plantfresh weight and the like per time.

Growth rate—The growth rate can be measured using digital analysis ofgrowing plants. For example, images of plants growing in greenhouse onplot basis can be captured every 3 days and the rosette area can becalculated by digital analysis. Rosette area growth is calculated usingthe difference of rosette area between days of sampling divided by thedifference in days between samples.

It should be noted that an increase in rosette parameters such asrosette area, rosette diameter and/or rosette growth rate in a plantmodel such as Arabidopsis predicts an increase in canopy coverage and/orplot coverage in a target plant such as Brassica sp., soy, corn, wheat,Barley, oat, cotton, rice, tomato, sugar beet, and vegetables such aslettuce.

Evaluation of growth rate can be done by measuring plant biomassproduced, rosette area, leaf size or root length per time (can bemeasured in cm² per day of leaf area).

Relative growth area can be calculated using Formula II.

Relative growth rate area=Regression coefficient of area along timecourse  Formula H:

Thus, the relative growth area rate is in units of area units (e.g.,mm²/day or cm²/day) and the relative length growth rate is in units oflength units (e.g., cm/day or mm/day).

For example, RGR can be determined for plant height (Formula III). SPAD(Formula IV), Number of tillers (Formula V), root length (Formula VI),vegetative growth (Formula VII), leaf number (Formula VIII), rosettearea (Formula IX), rosette diameter (Formula X), plot coverage (FormulaXI), leaf blade area (Formula XII), and leaf area (Formula XIII).

Relative growth rate of Plant height=Regression coefficient of Plantheight along time course (measured in cm/day).  Formula III:

Relative growth rate of SPAD=Regression coefficient of SPAD measurementsalong time course.  Formula IV:

Relative growth rate of Number of tillers=Regression coefficient ofNumber of tillers along time course (measured in units of “number oftillers/day”).  Formula V:

Relative growth rate of root length=Regression coefficient of rootlength along time course (measured in cm per day).  Formula VI:

Vegetative growth rate analysis—was calculated according to Formula VIIbelow.

Relative growth rate of vegetative growth=Regression coefficient ofvegetative dry weight along time course (measured in grams perday).  Formula VII:

Relative growth rate of leaf number=Regression coefficient of leafnumber along time course (measured in number per day).  Formula VIII:

Relative growth rate of rosette area=Regression coefficient of rosettearea along time course (measured in cm² per day).  Formula IX:

Relative growth rate of rosette diameter=Regression coefficient ofrosette diameter along time course (measured in cm per day).  Formula X:

Relative growth rate of plot coverage=Regression coefficient of plot(measured in cm² per day).  Formula XI:

Relative growth rate of leaf blade area=Regression coefficient of leafarea along time course (measured in cm² per day).  Formula XII:

Relative growth rate of leaf area=Regression coefficient of leaf areaalong time course (measured in cm² per day).  Formula XIII:

1000 Seed Weight=number of seed in sample/sample weight×1000  FormulaXIV:

The Harvest Index can be calculated using Formulas XV, XVI, XVII, XVIIIand LXV below.

Harvest Index (seed)=Average seed yield per plant/Average dryweight.  Formula XV:

Harvest Index (Sorghum)=Average grain dry weight per Head/(Averagevegetative dry weight per Head+Average Head dry weight)  Formula XVI:

Harvest Index (Maize)=Average grain weight per plant/(Average vegetativedry weight per plant plus Average grain weight per plant)  Formula XVII:

Harvest Index (for barley)—The harvest index is calculated using FormulaXVIII.

Harvest Index (for barley and wheat)=Average spike dry weight perplant/(Average vegetative dry weight per plant+Average spike dry weightper plant)  Formula XVIII:

Following is a non-limited list of additional parameters which can bedetected in order to show the effect of the transgene on the desiredplant's traits:

Grain circularity=4×3.14 (grain area/perimeter²)  Formula XIX:

Internode volume=3.14×(d/2)²×1  Formula XX:

Formula XXI: Total dry matter (kg)=Normalized head weight perplant+vegetative dry weight.

Root/Shoot Ratio=total weight of the root at harvest/total weight of thevegetative portion above ground at harvest. (=RBiH/BiH)  Formula XXI:

Ratio of the number of pods per node on main stem at pod set=Totalnumber of pods on main stem/Total number of nodes on main stem.  FormulaXXIII:

Ratio of total number of seeds in main stem to number of seeds onlateral branches=Total number of seeds on main stem at pod set/Totalnumber of seeds on lateral branches at pod set.  Formula XXIV:

Petiole Relative Area=(Petiole area)/Rosette area (measured in%).  Formula XXV:

percentage of reproductive tiller=Number of Reproductive tillers/numberof tillers)×100.  Formula XXVI:

Spikes Index=Average Spikes weight per plant/(Average vegetative dryweight per plant plus Average Spikes weight per plant).  Formula XXVII:

Relative growth rate of root coverage=Regression coefficient of rootcoverage along time course.  Formula XXVIII:

Seed Oil yield=Seed yield per plant (gr.)*Oil % in seed.  Formula XXIX:

shoot/root Ratio=total weight of the vegetative portion above ground atharvest/total weight of the root at harvest.  Formula XXX:

Spikelets Index=Average Spikelets weight per plant/(Average vegetativedry weight per plant plus Average Spikelets weight per plant).  FormulaXXXI:

% Canopy coverage=(1−(PAR_DOWN/PAR_UP))×100 measured using AccuPARCeptometer Model LP-80.  Formula XXXII:

leaf mass fraction=Leaf area/shoot FW.  Formula XXXIII:

Relative growth rate based on dry weight=Regression coefficient of dryweight along time course.  Formula XXXIV:

Dry matter partitioning (ratio)—At the end of the growing period 6plants heads as well as the rest of the plot heads were collected,threshed and grains were weighted to obtain grains yield per plot. Drymatter partitioning was calculated by dividing grains yield per plot tovegetative dry weight per plot.  Formula XXXV:

1000 grain weight filling rate (gr/day)—The rate of grain filling wascalculated by dividing 1000 grain weight by grain fillduration.  Formula XXXVI:

Specific leaf area (cm²/gr)—Leaves were scanned to obtain leaf area perplant, and then were dried in an oven to obtain the leaves dry weight.Specific leaf area was calculated by dividing the leaf area by leaf dryweight.  Formula XXXVII:

Vegetative dry weight per plant at flowering/water until flowering(gr/lit)—Calculated by dividing vegetative dry weight (excluding rootsand reproductive organs) per plant at flowering by the water used forirrigation up to flowering  Formula XXXVIII:

Yield filling rate (gr/day)—The rate of grain filling was calculated bydividing grains Yield by grain fill duration.  Formula XXXIX:

Yield per dunam/water until tan (kg/lit)—Calculated by dividing Grainsyield per dunam by water used for irrigation until tan.  Formula XXXX:

Yield per plant/water until tan (gr/lit)—Calculated by dividing Grainsyield per plant by water used for irrigation until tan  Formula XXXXI:

Yield per dunam/water until maturity (gr/lit)—Calculated by dividinggrains yield per dunam by the water used for irrigation up to maturity.“Lit”=Liter.  Formula XXXXII:

Vegetative dry weight per plant/water until maturity (gr/lit):Calculated by dividing vegetative dry weight per plant (excluding rootsand reproductive organs) at harvest by the water used for irrigation upto maturity.  Formula XXXXIII:

Total dry matter per plant/water until maturity (gr/lit): Calculated bydividing total dry matter at harvest (vegetative and reproductive,excluding roots) per plant by the water used for irrigation up tomaturity.  Formula XXXXIV:

Total dry matter per plant/water until flowering (gr/lit): Calculated bydividing total dry matter at flowering (vegetative and reproductive,excluding roots) per plant by the water used for irrigation up toflowering.  Formula XXXXV:

Heads index (ratio): Average heads weight/(Average vegetative dry weightper plant plus Average heads weight per plant).  Formula XXXXVI:

Yield/SPAD (kg/SPAD units)—Calculated by dividing grains yield byaverage SPAD measurements per plot.  Formula XXXXVII:

Stem water content (percentage)—stems were collected and fresh weight(FW) was weighted. Then the stems were oven dry and dry weight (DW) wasrecorded. Stems dry weight was divided by stems fresh weight, subtractedfrom 1 and multiplied by 100.  Formula XXXXVIII:

Leaf water content (percentage)—Leaves were collected and fresh weight(FW) was weighted. Then the leaves were oven dry and dry weight (DW) wasrecorded. Leaves dry weight was divided by leaves fresh weight,subtracted from 1 and multiplied by 100.  Formula XXXXIX:

stem volume (cm³)—The average stem volume was calculated by multiplyingthe average stem length by (3.14*((mean lower and upper stemwidth)/2){circumflex over ( )}2).  Formula L:

NUE—is the ratio between total grain yield per total nitrogen(applied+content) in soil.  Formula LI:

NUpE—Is the ratio between total plant N content per total N(applied+content) in soil.  Formula LII:

Total NUtE—Is the ratio between total dry matter per N content of totaldry matter.  Formula LIII:

Stem density—is the ratio between internode dry weight and internodevolume.  Formula LIV:

Grain NUtE—Is the ratio between grain yield per N content of total drymatter  Formula LV:

N harvest index (Ratio)—Is the ratio between nitrogen content in grainper plant and the nitrogen of whole plant at harvest.  Formula LVI:

Biomass production efficiency—is the ratio between plant biomass andtotal shoot N.  Formula LVII:

Harvest index (plot) (ratio)—Average seed yield per plot/Average dryweight per plot.  Formula LVIII:

Relative growth rate of petiole relative area—Regression coefficient ofpetiole relative area along time course (measured in cm² perday).  Formula LIX:

Yield per spike filling rate (gr/day)—spike filling rate was calculatedby dividing grains yield per spike to grain fill duration.  Formula LX:

Yield per micro plots filling rate (gr/day)—micro plots filling rate wascalculated by dividing grains yield per micro plots to grain fillduration.  Formula LXI:

Grains yield per hectare [ton/ha]—all spikes per plot were harvestedthreshed and grains were weighted after sun dry. The resulting value wasdivided by the number of square meters and multiplied by 10,000 (10,000square meters=1 hectare).  Formula LXII:

Total dry matter (for Maize)=Normalized ear weight per plant+vegetativedry weight.  Formula LXIII:

Formula LXIV:

${{Agronomical}\mspace{14mu} {NUE}} = \frac{\begin{matrix}{{{Yield}\mspace{14mu} {per}\mspace{14mu} {plant}\mspace{14mu} \left( {{Kg}.} \right)^{X\mspace{14mu} {Nitrogen}\mspace{14mu} {Fertilization}}} -} \\{{Yield}\mspace{14mu} {per}\mspace{14mu} {plant}\mspace{14mu} \left( {{Kg}.} \right)^{0\% \mspace{14mu} {Nitrogen}\mspace{14mu} {Fertilization}}}\end{matrix}}{{Fertilizer}^{X}}$Harvest Index (brachypodium)=Average grain weight/average dry(vegetative+spikelet) weight per plant.  Formula LXV:

Harvest Index for Sorghum* (* when the plants were not dried)=FW (freshweight) Heads/(FW Heads+FW Plants)  Formula LXVI:

Grain protein concentration—Grain protein content (g grain protein m⁻²)is estimated as the product of the mass of grain N (g grain N m⁻²)multiplied by the N/protein conversion ratio of k−5.13 (Mosse 1990,supra). The grain protein concentration is estimated as the ratio ofgrain protein content per unit mass of the grain (g grain protein kg⁻¹grain).

Fiber length—Fiber length can be measured using fibrograph. Thefibrograph system was used to compute length in terms of “Upper HalfMean” length. The upper half mean (UHM) is the average length of longerhalf of the fiber distribution. The fibrograph measures length in spanlengths at a given percentage point (cottoninc (dot)com/ClassificationofCotton/?Pg=4#Length).

According to some embodiments of the invention, increased yield of cornmay be manifested as one or more of the following: increase in thenumber of plants per growing area, increase in the number of ears perplant, increase in the number of rows per ear, number of kernels per earrow, kernel weight, thousand kernel weight (1000-weight), earlength/diameter, increase oil content per kernel and increase starchcontent per kernel.

As mentioned, the increase of plant yield can be determined by variousparameters. For example, increased yield of rice may be manifested by anincrease in one or more of the following: number of plants per growingarea, number of panicles per plant, number of spikelets per panicle,number of flowers per panicle, increase in the seed filling rate,increase in thousand kernel weight (1000-weight), increase oil contentper seed, increase starch content per seed, among others. An increase inyield may also result in modified architecture, or may occur because ofmodified architecture.

Similarly, increased yield of soybean may be manifested by an increasein one or more of the following: number of plants per growing area,number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, increase in the seedfilling rate, increase in thousand seed weight (1000-weight), reduce podshattering, increase oil content per seed, increase protein content perseed, among others. An increase in yield may also result in modifiedarchitecture, or may occur because of modified architecture.

Increased yield of canola may be manifested by an increase in one ormore of the following: number of plants per growing area, number of podsper plant, number of seeds per pod, increase in the seed filling rate,increase in thousand seed weight (1000-weight), reduce pod shattering,increase oil content per seed, among others. An increase in yield mayalso result in modified architecture, or may occur because of modifiedarchitecture.

Increased yield of cotton may be manifested by an increase in one ormore of the following: number of plants per growing area, number ofbolls per plant, number of seeds per boll, increase in the seed fillingrate, increase in thousand seed weight (1000-weight), increase oilcontent per seed, improve fiber length, fiber strength, among others. Anincrease in yield may also result in modified architecture, or may occurbecause of modified architecture.

Oil content—The oil content of a plant can be determined by extractionof the oil from the seed or the vegetative portion of the plant.Briefly, lipids (oil) can be removed from the plant (e.g., seed) bygrinding the plant tissue in the presence of specific solvents (e.g.,hexane or petroleum ether) and extracting the oil in a continuousextractor. Indirect oil content analysis can be carried out usingvarious known methods such as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Spectroscopy, which measures the resonance energy absorbed by hydrogenatoms in the liquid state of the sample [See for example, Conway T F.and Earle F R., 1963, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society;Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, ISSN: 0003-021X (Print) 1558-9331 (Online)];the Near Infrared (NI) Spectroscopy, which utilizes the absorption ofnear infrared energy (1100-2500 nm) by the sample; and a methoddescribed in WO/2001/023884, which is based on extracting oil a solvent,evaporating the solvent in a gas stream which forms oil particles, anddirecting a light into the gas stream and oil particles which forms adetectable reflected light.

Thus, the present invention is of high agricultural value for promotingthe yield of commercially desired crops (e.g., biomass of vegetativeorgan such as poplar wood, or reproductive organ such as number of seedsor seed biomass).

Any of the transgenic plants described hereinabove or pails thereof maybe processed to produce a feed, meal, protein or oil preparation, suchas for ruminant animals.

The transgenic plants described hereinabove, which exhibit an increasedoil content can be used to produce plant oil (by extracting the oil fromthe plant).

The plant oil (including the seed oil and/or the vegetative portion oil)produced according to the method of the invention may be combined with avariety of other ingredients. The specific ingredients included in aproduct are determined according to the intended use. Exemplary productsinclude animal feed, raw material for chemical modification,biodegradable plastic, blended food product, edible oil, biofuel,cooking oil, lubricant, biodiesel, snack food, cosmetics, andfermentation process raw material. Exemplary products to be incorporatedto the plant oil include animal feeds, human food products such asextruded snack foods, breads, as a food binding agent, aquaculturefeeds, fermentable mixtures, food supplements, sport drinks, nutritionalfood bars, multi-vitamin supplements, diet drinks, and cereal foods.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the oil comprises a seedoil.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the oil comprises avegetative portion oil (oil of the vegetative portion of the plant).

According to some embodiments of the invention, the plant cell forms apart of a plant.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there isprovided a food or feed comprising the plants or a portion thereof ofthe present invention.

As used herein the term “about” refers to ±10%.

The terms “comprises”, “comprising”, “includes”, “including”, “having”and their conjugates mean “including but not limited to”.

The term “consisting of” means “including and limited to”.

The term “consisting essentially of” means that the composition, methodor structure may include additional ingredients, steps and/or parts, butonly if the additional ingredients, steps and/or parts do not materiallyalter the basic and novel characteristics of the claimed composition,method or structure.

As used herein, the singular form “a”, “an” and “the” include pluralreferences unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. For example,the term “a compound” or “at least one compound” may include a pluralityof compounds, including mixtures thereof.

Throughout this application, various embodiments of this invention maybe presented in a range format. It should be understood that thedescription in range format is merely for convenience and brevity andshould not be construed as an inflexible limitation on the scope of theinvention. Accordingly, the description of a range should be consideredto have specifically disclosed all the possible subranges as well asindividual numerical values within that range. For example, descriptionof a range such as from 1 to 6 should be considered to have specificallydisclosed subranges such as from 1 to 3, from 1 to 4, from 1 to 5, from2 to 4, from 2 to 6, from 3 to 6 etc., as well as individual numberswithin that range, for example, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. This appliesregardless of the breadth of the range.

Whenever a numerical range is indicated herein, it is meant to includeany cited numeral (fractional or integral) within the indicated range.The phrases “ranging/ranges between” a first indicate number and asecond indicate number and “ranging/ranges from” a first indicate number“to” a second indicate number are used herein interchangeably and aremeant to include the first and second indicated numbers and all thefractional and integral numerals therebetween.

As used herein the term “method” refers to manners, means, techniquesand procedures for accomplishing a given task including, but not limitedto, those manners, means, techniques and procedures either known to, orreadily developed from known manners, means, techniques and proceduresby practitioners of the chemical, pharmacological, biological,biochemical and medical arts.

When reference is made to particular sequence listings, such referenceis to be understood to also encompass sequences that substantiallycorrespond to its complementary sequence as including minor sequencevariations, resulting from, e.g., sequencing errors, cloning errors, orother alterations resulting in base substitution, base deletion or baseaddition, provided that the frequency of such variations is less than 1in 50 nucleotides, alternatively, less than 1 in 100 nucleotides,alternatively, less than 1 in 200 nucleotides, alternatively, less than1 in 500 nucleotides, alternatively, less than 1 in 1000 nucleotides,alternatively, less than 1 in 5,000 nucleotides, alternatively, lessthan 1 in 10,000 nucleotides.

It is appreciated that certain features of the invention, which are, forclarity, described in the context of separate embodiments, may also beprovided in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, variousfeatures of the invention, which are, for brevity, described in thecontext of a single embodiment, may also be provided separately or inany suitable subcombination or as suitable in any other describedembodiment of the invention. Certain features described in the contextof various embodiments are not to be considered essential features ofthose embodiments, unless the embodiment is inoperative without thoseelements.

Various embodiments and aspects of the present invention as delineatedhereinabove and as claimed in the claims section below find experimentalsupport in the following examples.

EXAMPLES

Reference is now made to the following examples, which together with theabove descriptions illustrate some embodiments of the invention in a nonlimiting fashion.

Generally, the nomenclature used herein and the laboratory proceduresutilized in the present invention include molecular, biochemical,microbiological and recombinant DNA techniques. Such techniques arethoroughly explained in the literature. See, for example, “MolecularCloning: A laboratory Manual” Sambrook et al., (1989); “CurrentProtocols in Molecular Biology” Volumes I-III Ausubel, R. M., ed.(1994); Ausubel et al., “Current Protocols in Molecular Biology”, JohnWiley and Sons, Baltimore, Md. (1989); Perbal, “A Practical Guide toMolecular Cloning”, John Wiley & Sons, New York (1988); Watson et al.,“Recombinant DNA”, Scientific American Books, New York; Birren et al.(eds) “Genome Analysis: A Laboratory Manual Series”, Vols. 1-4, ColdSpring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York (1998); methodologies as setforth in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,666,828; 4,683,202; 4,801,531; 5,192,659 and5,272,057; “Cell Biology: A Laboratory Handbook”, Volumes I-III Cellis,J. E., ed. (1994); “Current Protocols in Immunology” Volumes I-IIIColigan J. E., ed. (1994); Stites et al. (eds), “Basic and ClinicalImmunology” (8th Edition). Appleton & Lange, Norwalk, Conn. (1994);Mishell and Shiigi (eds), “Selected Methods in Cellular Immunology”, W.H. Freeman and Co., New York (1980); available immunoassays areextensively described in the patent and scientific literature, see, forexample, U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,791,932; 3,839,153; 3,850,752; 3,850,578;3,853,987; 3,867,517; 3,879,262; 3,901,654; 3,935,074; 3,984,533;3,996,345; 4,034,074; 4,098,876; 4,879,219; 5,011,771 and 5,281,521;“Oligonucleotide Synthesis” Gait, M. J., ed. (1984); “Nucleic AcidHybridization” Hames, B. D., and Higgins S. J., eds. (1985);“Transcription and Translation” Hames, B. D., and Higgins S. J., Eds.(1984); “Animal Cell Culture” Freshney, R. I., ed. (1986); “ImmobilizedCells and Enzymes” IRL Press. (1986); “A Practical Guide to MolecularCloning” Perbal, B., (1984) and “Methods in Enzymology” Vol. 1-317,Academic Press; “PCR Protocols: A Guide To Methods And Applications”,Academic Press, San Diego, Calif. (1990); Marshak et al., “Strategiesfor Protein Purification and Characterization—A Laboratory CourseManual” CSHL Press (1996); all of which are incorporated by reference asif fully set forth herein. Other general references are providedthroughout this document. The procedures therein are believed to be wellknown in the art and are provided for the convenience of the reader. Allthe information contained therein is incorporated herein by reference.

GENERAL EXPERIMENTAL AND BIOINFORMATICS METHODS

RNA extraction—Tissues growing at various growth conditions (asdescribed below) were sampled and RNA was extracted using TRIzol Reagentfrom Invitrogen [invitrogen (dot) com/content (dot)cfm?pageid=469].Approximately 30-50 mg of tissue was taken from samples. The weighedtissues were ground using pestle and mortar in liquid nitrogen andresuspended in 500 μl of TRIzol Reagent. To the homogenized lysate, 100μl of chloroform was added followed by precipitation using isopropanoland two washes with 75% ethanol. The RNA was eluted in 30 μl ofRNase-free water. RNA samples were cleaned up using Qiagen's RNeasyminikit clean-up protocol as per the manufacturer's protocol (QIAGENInc, CA USA). For convenience, each micro-array expression informationtissue type has received an expression Set ID.

Correlation analysis—was performed for selected genes according to someembodiments of the invention, in which the characterized parameters(measured parameters according to the correlation IDs) were used as “xaxis” for correlation with the tissue transcriptome which was used asthe “Y axis”. For each gene and measured parameter a correlationcoefficient “R” was calculated (using Pearson correlation) along with ap-value for the significance of the correlation. When the correlationcoefficient (R) between the levels of a gene's expression in a certaintissue and a phenotypic performance across ecotypes/variety/hybrid ishigh in absolute value (between 0.5-1), there is an association betweenthe gene (specifically the expression level of this gene) the phenotypiccharacteristic (e.g., improved nitrogen use efficiency, abiotic stresstolerance, yield, growth rate and the like).

Example 1 Bioinformatics Tools for Identification of Genes whichIncrease Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Yield and Agronomical ImportantTraits in Plants

The present inventors have identified polynucleotides which upregulationof expression thereof can increase abiotic stress tolerance (ABST),water use efficiency (WUE), yield, oil content, growth rate, vigor,biomass, fiber yield and quality, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), and/orfertilizer use efficiency (FUE) of a plant.

All nucleotide sequence datasets used here were originated from publiclyavailable databases or from performing nucleotide sequencing using theSolexa technology (e.g. Barley and Sorghum). Sequence data from 100different plant species was introduced into a single, comprehensivedatabase. Other information on gene expression, protein annotation,enzymes and pathways were also incorporated. Major databases usedinclude:

-   -   Genomes        -   Arabidopsis genome [TAIR genome version 6 (arabidopsis (dot)            org/)];        -   Rice genome [IRGSP build 4.0 (rgp (dot) dna (dot) affrc            (dot) go (dot) jp/IRGSP/)];        -   Poplar [Populus trichocarpa release 1.1 from JGI (assembly            release v1.0) (genome (dot) jgi-psf (dot) org/)];        -   Brachypodium [JGI 4× assembly, brachpodium (dot) org)];        -   Soybean [DOE-JGI SCP, version Glyma0 (phytozome (dot)            net/)];        -   Grape [French-Italian Public Consortium for Grapevine Genome            Characterization grapevine genome (genoscope (dot) cns (dot)            fr/)];        -   Castobean [TIGR/J Craig Venter Institute 4× assembly [msc            (dot) jcvi (dot) org/r_communis];        -   Sorghum [DOE-JGI SCP, version Sbi1 [phytozome (dot) net/)];        -   Partially assembled genome of Maize [maizesequence (dot)            org/];    -   Expressed EST and mRNA sequences were extracted from the        following databases:        -   GenBank versions 154, 157, 160, 161, 164, 165, 166 and 168            (ncbi (dot) nlm (dot) nih (dot) gov/dbEST/);        -   RefSeq (ncbi (dot) nlm (dot) nih (dot) gov/RefSeq/);        -   TAIR (arabidopsis (dot) org/);    -   Protein and pathway databases        -   Uniprot [uniprot (dot) org/];        -   AraCyc [arabidopsis (dot) org/biocyc/index (dot) jsp];        -   ENZYME [expasy (dot) org/enzyme/];    -   Microarray datasets were downloaded from:        -   GEO (ncbi (dot) nlm (dot) nih (dot) gov/geo/);        -   TAIR (arabidopsis (dot) org/);        -   Proprietary microarray data (WO2008/122980 and Examples 2-17            below).    -   QTL and SNPs information        -   Gramene [gramene (dot) org/qtl/];        -   Panzea [panzea (dot) org/index (dot) html];

Database assembly—was performed to build a wide, rich, reliableannotated and easy to analyze database comprised of publicly availablegenomic mRNA. ESTs DNA sequences, data from various crops as well asgene expression, protein annotation and pathway data QTLs, and otherrelevant information.

Database assembly is comprised of a toolbox of gene refining,structuring, annotation and analysis tools enabling to construct atailored database for each gene discovery project. Gene refining andstructuring tools enable to reliably detect splice variants andantisense transcripts, generating understanding of various potentialphenotypic outcomes of a single gene. The capabilities of the “LEADS”platform of Compugen LTD for analyzing human genome have been confirmedand accepted by the scientific community [see e.g., “WidespreadAntisense Transcription”, Yelin, et al. (2003) Nature Biotechnology 21,379-85; “Splicing of Alu Sequences”, Lev-Maor, et al. (2003) Science 300(5623), 1288-91; “Computational analysis of alternative splicing usingEST tissue information”, Xie H et al. Genomics 2002], and have beenproven most efficient in plant genomics as well.

EST clustering and gene assembly—For gene clustering and assembly oforganisms with available genome sequence data (arabidopsis, rice,castorbean, grape, brachypodium, poplar, soybean, sorghum) the genomicLEADS version (GANG) was employed. This tool allows most accurateclustering of ESTs and mRNA sequences on genome, and predicts genestructure as well as alternative splicing events and anti-sensetranscription.

For organisms with no available full genome sequence data, “expressedLEADS” clustering software was applied.

Gene annotation—Predicted genes and proteins were annotated as follows:

Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST™ National Library of Medicine)search [blast (dot) ncbi (dot) nlm (dot) nih (dot) gov/Blast (dot) cgi]against all plant UniProt [uniprot (dot) org/] sequences was performed.Open reading frames (ORFs) of each putative transcript were analyzed andlongest open reading frame (ORF) with higher number of homologues wasselected as predicted protein of the transcript. The predicted proteinswere analyzed by InterPro [ebi (dot) ac (dot) uk/interpro/].

Blast against proteins from AraCyc and ENZYME databases was used to mapthe predicted transcripts to AraCyc pathways.

Predicted proteins from different species were compared using the BasicLocal Alignment Search Tool (BLAST™) (National Library of Medicine)algorithm [ncbi (dot) nlm (dot) nih (dot) gov/Blast (dot) cgi] tovalidate the accuracy of the predicted protein sequence, and forefficient detection of orthologs.

Gene expression profling—Several data sources were exploited for geneexpression profiling, namely microarray data and digital expressionprofile (see below). According to gene expression profile, a correlationanalysis was performed to identify genes which are co-regulated underdifferent development stages and environmental conditions and associatedwith different phenotypes.

Publicly available microarray datasets were downloaded from TAIR andNCBI GEO sites, renormalized, and integrated into the database.Expression profiling is one of the most important resource data foridentifying genes important for ABST, increased yield, growth rate,vigor, biomass, oil content, WUE, NUE and FUE of a plant.

A digital expression profile summary was compiled for each clusteraccording to all keywords included in the sequence records comprisingthe cluster. Digital expression, also known as electronic Northern Blot,is a tool that displays virtual expression profile based on theexpressed sequence tag (EST) sequences forming the gene cluster. Thetool provides the expression profile of a cluster in terms of plantanatomy (e.g., the tissue/organ in which the gene is expressed),developmental stage (the developmental stages at which a gene can befound) and profile of treatment (provides the physiological conditionsunder which a gene is expressed such as drought, cold, pathogeninfection, etc). Given a random distribution of ESTs in the differentclusters, the digital expression provides a probability value thatdescribes the probability of a cluster having a total of N ESTs tocontain X ESTs from a certain collection of libraries. For theprobability calculations, the following is taken into consideration: a)the number of ESTs in the cluster, b) the number of ESTs of theimplicated and related libraries, c) the overall number of ESTsavailable representing the species. Thereby clusters with lowprobability values are highly enriched with ESTs from the group oflibraries of interest indicating a specialized expression.

The accuracy of this system was demonstrated by Portnoy et al., 2009,“Analysis Of The Melon Fruit Transcriptome Based On 454 Pyrosequencing”in: Plant & Animal Genomes XVII Conference, San Diego, Calif.Transcriptomic analysis, based on relative EST abundance in data wasperformed by 454 pyrosequencing of cDNA representing mRNA of the melonfruit. Fourteen double strand cDNA samples obtained from two genotypes,two fruit tissues (flesh and rind) and four developmental stages weresequenced. GS FLX pyrosequencing (Roche/454 Life Sciences) ofnon-normalized and purified cDNA samples yielded 1,150,657 expressedsequence tags, that assembled into 67,477 unigenes (32,357 singletonsand 35,120 contigs). Analysis of the data obtained against the CucurbitGenomics Database [icugi (dot) org/] confirmed the accuracy of thesequencing and assembly. Expression patterns of selected genes fittedwell their qRT-PCR (quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chainreaction) data.

Example 2 Production of Sorghum Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis with Yield, NUE, and ABST Related ParametersMeasured in Fields Using 44K Sorghum Oligonucleotide Micro-Arrays

In order to produce a high throughput correlation analysis between plantphenotype and gene expression level, the present inventors utilized asorghum oligonucleotide micro-array, produced by Agilent Technologies[chem(dot)agilent(dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot)asp?Page=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 44,000 sorghum genes and transcripts.In order to define correlations between the levels of RNA expressionwith ABST, yield and NUE components or vigor related parameters, variousplant characteristics of 17 different sorghum hybrids were analyzed.Among them, 10 hybrids encompassing the observed variance were selectedfor RNA expression analysis. The correlation between the RNA levels andthe characterized parameters was analyzed using Pearson correlation test[davidmlane(dot)com/hyperstat/A34739(dot)html].

Correlation of Sorghum Varieties Across Ecotypes Grown Under RegularGrowth Conditions, Severe Drought Conditions and Low Nitrogen Conditions

Experimental Procedures

17 Sorghum varieties were grown in 3 repetitive plots, in field.Briefly, the growing protocol was as follows:

1. Regular growth conditions: Sorghum plants were grown in the fieldusing commercial fertilization and irrigation protocols (normal growthconditions), which include 370 m³ water per dunam (1000 m²) per entiregrowth period and fertilization of 14 units of URAN® 21% (NitrogenFertilizer Solution; PCS Sales, Northbrook, Ill., USA).

2. Drought conditions: Sorghum seeds were sown in soil and grown undernormal growth conditions until about 35 days from sowing, at about stageV8 (eight green leaves are fully expanded, booting not started yet). Atthis point, irrigation was stopped, and severe drought stress wasdeveloped.

3. Low Nitrogen fertilization conditions: Sorghum plants were fertilizedwith 50% less amount of nitrogen in the field than the amount ofnitrogen applied in the regular (normal) growth treatment. All thefertilizer was applied before flowering.

Analyzed Sorghum tissues—All 10 selected Sorghum hybrids were sampledper each treatment. Tissues [Flag leaf, Flower meristem and Flower] fromplants growing under normal conditions, severe drought stress and lownitrogen conditions were sampled and RNA was extracted as describedabove. Each micro-array expression information tissue type has receiveda Set ID as summarized in Table 1 below.

TABLE 1 Sorghum transcriptome expression sets in field experiments SetExpression Set ID Flag leaf at flowering stage under drought growthconditions 1 Flag leaf at flowering stage under low nitrogen growthconditions 2 Flag leaf at flowering stage under normal growth conditions3 Flower meristem at flowering stage under drought growth conditions 4Flower meristem at flowering stage under low nitrogen growth 5conditions Flower meristem at flowering stage under normal growthconditions 6 Flower at flowering stage under drought growth conditions 7Flower at flowering stage under low nitrogen growth conditions 8 Flowerat flowering stage under normal growth conditions 9 Table 1: Providedare the sorghum transcriptom expression sets. Flag leaf = the leaf belowthe flower; Flower meristem = Apical meristem following panicleinitiation; Flower = the flower at the anthesis day.

The following parameters were collected using digital imaging system:

Average grain area (cm²)—At the end of the growing period the grainswere separated from the Plant ‘Head’. A sample of ˜200 grains wereweighted, photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The grain area was measured fromthose images and was divided by the number of grains.

Upper and lower ratio average of grain area, width, length, diameter andperimeter—Grain projection of area, width, length, diameter andperimeter were extracted from the digital images using open sourcepackage imagej (nih). Seed data was analyzed in plot average levels asfollows:

Average of all seeds;

Average of upper 20% fraction=contained upper 20% fraction of seeds;

Average of lower 20% fraction=contained lower 20% fraction of seeds;

Further on, ratio between each fraction and the plot average wascalculated for each of the data parameters.

At the end of the growing period 5 ‘Heads’ were, photographed and imageswere processed using the below described image processing system.

Average grain length (cm)—At the end of the growing period the grainswere separated from the Plant ‘Head’. A sample of ˜200 grains wereweighted, photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The sum of grain lengths (longestaxis) was measured from those images and was divided by the number ofgrains.

Head average area (cm²)—At the end of the growing period 5 ‘Heads’ werephotographed and images were processed using the below described imageprocessing system. The ‘Head’ area was measured from those images andwas divided by the number of ‘Heads’.

Head average length (cm)—At the end of the growing period 5 ‘Heads’ werephotographed and images were processed using the below described imageprocessing system. The ‘Head’ length (longest axis) was measured fromthose images and was divided by the number of ‘Heads’.

Head average width (cm)—At the end of the growing period 5 ‘Heads’ werephotographed and images were processed using the below described imageprocessing system. The ‘Head’ width was measured from those images andwas divided by the number of ‘Heads’.

Head average perimeter (cm)—At the end of the growing period 5 ‘Heads’were photographed and images were processed using the below describedimage processing system. The ‘Head’ perimeter was measured from thoseimages and was divided by the number of ‘Heads’.

An image processing system was used, which consists of a personaldesktop computer (Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and a public domainprogram—ImageJ 1.37, Java based image processing software, which wasdeveloped at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and is freelyavailable on the internet at rsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/. Images werecaptured in resolution of 10 Mega Pixels (3888×2592 pixels) and storedin a low compression JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group standard)format. Next, image processing output data for seed area and seed lengthwas saved to text files and analyzed using the JMP statistical analysissoftware (SAS institute).

Additional parameters were collected either by sampling 5 plants perplot or by measuring the parameter across all the plants within theplot.

Total seed weight per head (Grain yield) (gr.)—At the end of theexperiment (plant ‘Heads’) heads from plots within blocks A-C werecollected. Five heads were separately threshed and grains were weighted,all additional heads were threshed together and weighted as well. Theaverage grain weight per head was calculated by dividing the total grainweight by number of total heads per plot (based on plot). In case of 5heads, the total grains weight of 5 heads was divided by 5.

FW (fresh weight) head per plant (gr.)—At the end of the experiment(when heads were harvested) total heads and 5 selected heads per plotswithin blocks A-C were collected separately. The heads (total and 5)were weighted (gr.) separately, and the average fresh weight per plantwas calculated for total (FW Head/Plant gr, based on plot) and for 5heads (FW Head/Plant gr, based on 5 plants).

Plant height—Plants were characterized for height during growing periodat 5 time points. In each measure, plants were measured for their heightusing a measuring tape. Height was measured from ground level to top ofthe longest leaf.

Plant leaf number—Plants were characterized for leaf number during agrowing period at 5 time points. In each measure, plants were measuredfor their leaf number by counting all the leaves of 3 selected plantsper plot.

SPAD [SPAD unit]—Chlorophyll content was determined using a Minolta SPAD502 chlorophyll meter and measurement was performed 64 days post sowing.SPAD meter readings were done on young fully developed leaves. Threemeasurements per leaf were taken per plot.

Vegetative fresh weight and heads—At the end of the experiment (wheninflorescence were dry) all inflorescence and vegetative material fromplots within blocks A-C were collected. The biomass and heads weight ofeach plot was separated, measured and divided by the number of heads.

Plant biomass (fresh weight)—At the end of the experiment (wheninflorescence were dry) the vegetative material from plots within blocksA-C were collected. The plants biomass without the inflorescence weremeasured and divided by the number of plants.

FW (fresh weight) heads/(FW Heads FW Plants)—The total fresh weight ofheads and their respective plant biomass were measured at the harvestday. The heads weight was divided by the sum of weights of heads andplants.

Dry weight=total weight of the vegetative portion above ground(excluding roots) after drying at 70° C. in oven for 48 hours;

Harvest Index (HI) (Sorghum)—The harvest index was calculated usingFormula XVI above.

Data parameters collected are summarized in Table 2, herein below

TABLE 2 Sorghum correlated parameters (vectors) Corre- lation Correlatedparameter with ID Average grain area [cm²] at Drought growth conditions1 Average grain area [cm²] at Normal growth conditions 2 Average grainarea [cm²] at low nitrogen growth conditions 3 FW head per plant [gr.]at Drought growth conditions 4 FW head per plant [gr.] at Normal growthconditions 5 FW head per plant [gr.] at low nitrogen growth conditions 6FW heads/(FW Heads + FW Plants) [gr.] at Drought growth 7 conditions FWheads/(FW Heads + FW Plants) [gr.] at Normal growth 8 conditions FWheads/(FW Heads + FW Plants) [gr.] at low nitrogen growth 9 conditionsHead average area [cm²] at Drought growth conditions 10 Head averagearea [cm²] at Normal growth conditions 11 Head average area [cm²] at lownitrogen growth conditions 12 Head average length [cm] at Drought growthconditions 13 Head average length [cm] at Normal growth conditions 14Head average length [cm] at low nitrogen growth conditions 15 Headaverage perimeter [cm] at Drought growth conditions 16 Head averageperimeter [cm] at Normal growth conditions 17 Head average perimeter[cm] at low nitrogen growth conditions 18 Head average width [cm] atDrought growth conditions 19 Head average width [cm] at Normal growthconditions 20 Head average width [cm] at low nitrogen growth conditions21 Lower Ratio Average Grain Area, at Low Nitrogen growth 22 conditionsLower Ratio Average Grain Area at Normal growth conditions 23 LowerRatio Average Grain Length at Low Nitrogen growth 24 conditions LowerRatio Average Grain Length at Normal growth conditions 25 Lower RatioAverage Grain Perimeter at Low Nitrogen growth 26 conditions Lower RatioAverage Grain Perimeter at Normal growth 27 conditions Lower RatioAverage Grain Width at Low N growth conditions 28 Lower Ratio AverageGrain Width at Normal growth conditions 29 Plant height [cm] at Droughtgrowth conditions 30 Plant height [cm] at Normal growth conditions 31Plant height [crn] at low nitrogen growth conditions 32 SPAD [SPAD unit]at Drought growth conditions 33 SPAD [SPAD unit] at Normal growthconditions 34 SPAD [SPAD unit] at low nitrogen growth conditions 35Total seed weight per head (Grain yield) [gr.] at Drought growth 36conditions Total seed weight per head (Grain yield) [gr.] at Normalgrowth 37 conditions Total seed weight per head (Grain yield) [gr.] atlow nitrogen 38 growth conditions Upper Ratio Average Grain Area atDrought growth conditions 39 Upper Ratio Average Grain Area at LowNitrogen growth 40 conditions Upper Ratio Average Grain Area at Normalgrowth conditions 41 Table 2. Provided are the Sorghum correlatedparameters (vectors). “gr.” = grams; “SPAD” = chlorophyll levels; “FWPlants” = Plant Fresh weight; “normal” = standard growth conditions;“Low N” = Low Nitrogen conditions; “FW Heads” = fresh weight of theharvested heads was divided by the number of heads that were phenotyped;“Lower Ratio Average Grain Area” = grain area of the lower fraction ofgrains.

Experimental Results

17 different sorghum hybrids were grown and characterized for differentparameters (Table 2). The average for each of the measured parameterswas calculated using the JMP software (Tables 3-8) and a subsequentcorrelation analysis was performed (Table 9). Results were thenintegrated to the database.

TABLE 3 Measured parameters in Sorghum accessions under normalconditions Corr. Line ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 2 0.105 0.112 0.131 0.129 0.139 0.141 0.11 0.1130.102 5 406.5 518 148 423 92 101.3 423.5 386.5 409.5 8 0.51 0.51 0.1150.263 0.12 0.177 0.459 0.432 0.425 11 120.1 167.6 85.1 157.3 104 102.5168.5 109.3 135.1 14 25.6 26.8 21 26.8 23.1 21.8 31.3 23.2 25.7 17 61.267.9 56.3 65.4 67.5 67.5 74.4 56.2 61.6 20 5.97 7.92 4.87 7.43 5.58 5.886.78 5.99 6.62 23 0.825 0.74 0.778 0.802 0.697 0.699 0.827 0.805 0.84125 0.914 0.884 0.921 0.908 0.89 0.877 0.913 0.903 0.92 27 0.914 0.8690.913 0.948 0.902 0.915 0.913 0.91 0.918 29 0.908 0.833 0.85 0.874 0.7880.799 0.904 0.893 0.915 31 95.2 79.2 197.8 234.2 189.4 194.7 117.2 92.8112.7 34 43 0 43.3 44.7 45.8 41.6 45.2 45.1 43 37 47.4 46.3 28.4 70.432.1 49.2 63.5 44.5 56.6 41 1.22 1.3 1.13 1.14 1.16 1.15 1.19 1.23 1.25Table 3: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as describedabove) measured in Sorghum accessions (Line) under normal conditions.Growth conditions are specified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 4 Additional measured parameters in Sorghum accessions undernormal growth conditions Line Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Corr.ID Line-10 Line-11 12 13 14 15 16 17 2 0.118 0.121 0.111 0.117 0.1080.105 0.11 0.105 5 328.9 391 435.8 429.5 441 415.8 429.5 428.5 8 0.4420.458 0.447 0.447 0.513 0.46 0.442 0.386 11 169 156.1 112.1 154.7 171.7168.5 162.5 170.5 14 28.8 28.1 23 28.1 30 30.5 27.2 29.3 17 71.4 68.656.4 67.8 71.5 78.9 67 74.1 20 7.42 6.98 6.19 7.02 7.18 7 7.39 7.35 230.788 0.765 0.803 0.806 0.821 0.814 0.818 0.817 25 0.923 0.893 0.9130.907 0.911 0.904 0.903 0.913 27 0.93 0.911 0.916 0.904 0.912 0.9050.909 0.905 29 0.854 0.863 0.885 0.898 0.905 0.91 0.902 0.899 31 97.5 98100 105.6 151.2 117.1 124.5 126.5 34 45.6 44.8 45.3 46.5 44 45.1 45.143.1 37 60 45.5 58.2 70.6 70.1 54 59.9 52.6 41 1.24 1.32 1.22 1.18 1.181.22 1.25 1.22 Table 4: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Sorghum accessions (Line)under normal conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section. “Corr.” = correlation.

TABLE 5 Measured parameters in Sorghum accessions under low nitrogenconditions Corr. Line ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 3 0.105 0.111 0.136 0.121 0.141 0.134 0.119 0.1170.116 6 388 428.7 297.7 280 208.3 303.7 436 376.3 474.7 9 0.505 0.5060.166 0.391 0.21 0.192 0.476 0.375 0.42 12 96.2 214.7 98.6 182.8 119.6110.2 172.4 84.8 156.3 15 23.2 25.6 20.9 28.4 24.3 22.6 32.1 20.4 26.718 56.3 79.2 53.2 76.2 67.3 59.5 79.3 51.5 69.9 21 5.26 10.41 5.93 8.256.19 6.12 6.8 5.25 7.52 22 0.815 0.77 0.81 0.793 0.78 0.799 0.834 0.7880.806 24 0.91 0.9 0.921 0.898 0.908 0.926 0.918 0.89 0.901 26 0.9010.884 0.915 0.897 0.919 0.918 0.916 0.891 0.898 28 0.901 0.852 0.8930.88 0.863 0.871 0.91 0.888 0.899 32 104 80.9 204.7 125.4 225.4 208.1121.4 100.3 121.1 35 38.3 39 42.3 40.9 43.1 39.9 42.7 43.3 39 38 50.350.9 36.1 73.1 37.9 36.4 71.7 35 76.7 40 1.18 1.31 1.11 1.21 1.19 1.181.16 1.23 1.17 Table 5: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Sorghum accessions (Line)under low nitrogen conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section. “Corr.” = correlation.

TABLE 6 Additional measured parameters in Sorghum accessions under lownitrogen growth conditions Line Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line-Line- Line- Corr. ID 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 3 0.129 0.131 0.12 0.1160.115 0.107 0.121 0.109 6 437.7 383 375 425 434 408.7 378.5 432 9 0.4410.429 0.387 0.438 0.439 0.442 0.43 0.417 12 136.7 137.7 96.5 158.2 163.9138.4 135.5 165.6 15 26.3 25.4 23.1 27.9 28.9 27.6 25.5 30.3 18 66.267.4 57.9 70.6 73.8 66.9 65.4 76 21 6.59 6.85 5.32 7.25 7.19 6.27 6.576.82 22 0.772 0.741 0.804 0.788 0.823 0.801 0.809 0.807 24 0.909 0.8860.897 0.894 0.911 0.888 0.892 0.901 26 0.907 0.895 0.903 0.896 0.9140.894 0.896 0.897 28 0.857 0.842 0.897 0.887 0.908 0.899 0.902 0.897 3294.5 110 115.1 104.7 173.7 115.6 138.8 144.4 35 42.7 40.1 44 45.4 44.842.6 43.8 46.7 38 57.6 42.9 36.5 68.6 71.8 49.3 43.9 52.1 40 1.22 1.241.19 1.23 1.16 1.34 1.21 1.21 Table 6: Provided are the values of eachof the parameters (as described above) measured in Sorghum accessions(Line) under low nitrogen conditions. Growth conditions are specified inthe experimental procedure section. “Corr.” = correlation.

TABLE 7 Measured parameters in Sorghum accessions under droughtconditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 1 0.099 0.115 0.106 0.094 0.09 0.114 4 154.9 122130.5 241.1 69 186.4 62.1 39 58.9 7 0.419 0.472 0.419 0.374 0.228 0.3140.41 0.437 0.404 10 83.1 107.8 88.7 135.9 90.8 124 86.1 85.2 113.1 1321.6 21.9 21.6 22 21 28.6 21.3 20.8 24.7 16 52.8 64.5 56.6 64.4 53.271.7 55.6 53 69.8 19 4.83 6.31 5.16 7.78 5.28 5.49 5.04 5.07 5.77 3089.4 75.7 92.1 94.3 150.8 110.7 99.2 84 99 33 40.6 40.9 45 42.3 45.240.6 44.8 45.1 40.6 36 22.1 16.8 9.2 104.4 3.2 22 10 18.6 29.3 39 1.311.19 1.29 1.46 1.21 1.21 Table 7: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Sorghum accessions (Line)under drought conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section. “Corr.” = correlation.

TABLE 8 Additional measured parameters in Sorghum accessions underdrought growth conditions Line Line- Line- Line- Line- Corr. ID 10Line-11 Line-12 13 14 Line-15 Line-16 17 1 4 76.4 33.5 42.2 41.5 131.760.8 44.3 185.4 7 0.443 0.472 0.468 0.484 0.354 0.349 0.231 0.327 10100.8 80.4 126.9 86.4 92.3 77.9 76.9 13 24.3 21.9 25 19.5 20.4 16.8 18.916 65.1 55.3 69.1 53.3 56.3 49.1 51.9 19 5.37 4.66 6.35 5.58 5.76 5.865.1 30 92.2 81.9 98.8 86.5 99.6 83 83.5 92.3 33 45.4 42.6 44.2 44.6 42.443.2 40.3 40.8 36 10.5 14.8 12.9 18.2 11.6 18.6 16.4 Table 8: Providedare the values of each of the parameters (as described above) measuredin Sorghum accessions (Line) under drought conditions. Growth conditionsare specified in the experimental procedure section. “Corr.” =correlation.

TABLE 9 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under low nitrogen, normal or drought stress conditionsacross Sorghum accessions Corr. Gene Exp. Set Gene Exp. Corr. Name R Pvalue set ID Name R P value set Set ID LGA17 0.80 5.71E−03 6 31 LGA170.79 6.36E−03 4 4 LGB14 0.72 1.80E−02 6 41 LGB14 0.75 1.17E−02 2 15LGB14 0.84 2.62E−03 2 18 LGB14 0.84 2.54E−03 2 12 LGB14 0.80 5.06E−03 26 LGB14 0.76 1.07E−02 8 24 LGB15 0.84 2.46E−03 9 37 LGB15 0.77 8.63E−039 25 LGB15 0.71 2.15E−02 9 23 LGB15 0.73 1.76E−02 2 40 LGB15 0.732.69E−02 4 10 LGB16 0.84 2.15E−03 2 26 LGB16 0.78 8.37E−03 2 24 LGB160.80 5.55E−03 3 5 LGM11 0.79 6.74E−03 2 40 LGM11 0.89 5.34E−04 4 4 LGM110.86 3.17E−03 7 10 LGM11 0.80 9.12E−03 7 13 LGM11 0.83 6.10E−03 7 16LGM12 0.75 1.20E−02 6 23 LGM17 0.98 1.62E−06 3 5 LGM23 0.72 1.85E−02 6 5LGM23 0.81 4.36E−03 6 20 LGM23 0.71 2.16E−02 4 7 LGM23 0.77 8.53E−03 3 2LGM23 0.87 2.09E−03 7 10 LGM23 0.82 6.79E−03 7 19 LGM23 0.78 1.27E−02 716 Table 9. Provided are the correlations (R) between the genesexpression levels in various tissues and the phenotypic performance.“Corr. Set ID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parametersspecified in Table 2. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table 1.“R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value.

Example 3 Production of Sorghum Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis with Biomass, NUE, and ABST Related ParametersMeasured in Semi-Hydroponics Conditions Using 44K SorghumOligonucleotide Micro-Arrays

Sorghum vigor related parameters under high salinity (100 mM NaCl), lowtemperature (10±2° C.), low nitrogen conditions and normal growthconditions—Ten Sorghum hybrids were grown in 3 repetitive plots, eachcontaining 17 plants, at a net house under semi-hydroponics conditions.Briefly, the growing protocol was as follows: Sorghum seeds were sown intrays filled with a mix of vermiculite and peat in a 1:1 ratio.Following germination, the trays were transferred to normal growthconditions (Full Hoagland containing 16 mM Nitrogen solution, at 28±2°C.), high salinity conditions (100 mM NaCl in addition to the FullHoagland solution), low temperature conditions (10±2° C. in the presenceof Full Hoagland solution), or low nitrogen conditions (the amount oftotal nitrogen was reduced in 90% from the full Hoagland solution (i.e.,to a final concentration of 10% from full Hoagland solution, finalamount of 1.2 mM Nitrogen). All plants were grown at 28±2° C. exceptwhere otherwise indicated (i.e., in the low temperature conditions).

Full Hoagland solution consists of: KNO₃—0.808 grams/liter, MgSO₄—0.12grams/liter, KH₂PO₄—0.172 grams/liter and 0.01% (volume/volume) of‘Super coratin’ micro elements (Iron-EDDHA[ethylenediamine-N,N′-bis(2-hydroxyphenylacetic acid)]—40.5 grams/liter;Mn—20.2 grams/liter; Zn 10.1 grams/liter; Co 1.5 grams/liter; and Mo 1.1grams/liter), solution's pH should be 6.5-6.8].

Analyzed Sorghum tissues—All 10 selected Sorghum hybrids were sampledper each treatment. Three tissues [leaves, meristems and roots] growingat 100 mM NaCl, low temperature (10±2° C.), low Nitrogen (1.2 mMNitrogen) or under Normal conditions were sampled and RNA was extractedas described above. Each micro-array expression information tissue typehas received a Set ID as summarized in Table 10 below.

TABLE 10 Sorghum transcriptome expression sets under semi hydroponicsconditions Set Expression Set ID root at vegetative stage (V4-V5) undercold conditions 1 root vegetative stage (V4-V5) under normal conditions2 root vegetative stage (V4-V5) under low nitrogen conditions 3 rootvegetative stage (V4-V5) under salinity conditions 4 vegetative meristemat vegetative stage (V4-Y5) under cold 5 conditions vegetative meristemat vegetative stage (V4-V5) under low nitrogen 6 conditions vegetativemeristem at vegetative stage (V4-V5) under salinity 7 conditionsvegetative meristem at vegetative stage (V4-V5) under normal 8conditions Table 10: Provided are the Sorghum transcriptome expressionsets as determined using the semihydroponic assay conditions. The growthconditions and the tested tissue are described. “Cold” = Cold growthconditions at 10 ± 2° C.; “NaCl”—salinity stress growth conditions at100 mM NaCl; “low nitrogen” = nitrogen deficient conditions at 1.2 mMNitrogen; “Normal” = Normal growth conditions at 16 mM Nitrogen.

Sorghum Biomass, Vigor, Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Growth-RelatedComponents

Root DW [gr.]—At the end of the experiment, the root material wascollected, measured and divided by the number of plants.

Shoot DW [gr.]—At the end of the experiment, the shoot material (withoutroots) was collected, measured and divided by the number of plants.

Total biomass [gr.]—total biomass including roots and shoots.

Leaf num [number]—number of opened leaves.

RGR Leaf Number—calculated based on Formula VIII above.

Shoot/Root ratio—calculated based on Formula XXX above.

NUE per total biomass—nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of total biomass(including roots and shoots).

NUE per root biomass—nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of root biomass.

NUE per shoot biomass—nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of shoot biomass.

Percent of reduction of root biomass compared to normal—the difference(reduction in percent) between root biomass under normal and under lownitrogen conditions.

Percent of reduction of shoot biomass compared to normal—the difference(reduction in percent) between shoot biomass under normal and under lownitrogen conditions.

Percent of reduction of total biomass compared to normal—the difference(reduction in percent) between total biomass (shoot and root) undernormal and under low nitrogen conditions.

Plant height [cm]—Plants were characterized for height during growingperiod at 5 time points. In each measure, plants were measured for theirheight using a measuring tape. Height was measured from ground level totop of the longest leaf.

SPAD [SPAD unit]—Chlorophyll content was determined using a Minolta SPAD502 chlorophyll meter and measurement was performed 64 days post sowing.SPAD meter readings were done on young fully developed leaf. Threemeasurements per leaf were taken per plot.

Root Biomass [DW, gr.]/SPAD—root biomass divided by SPAD results.

Shoot Biomass [DW, gr.]/SPAD—shoot biomass divided by SPAD results.

Total Biomass (Root+Shoot) [DW, gr.]/SPAD—total biomass divided by SPADresults.

Plant nitrogen level—The chlorophyll content of leaves is a goodindicator of the nitrogen plant status since the degree of leafgreenness is highly correlated to this parameter. Chlorophyll contentwas determined using a Minolta SPAD 502 chlorophyll meter andmeasurement was performed at time of flowering. SPAD meter readings weredone on young fully developed leaves. Three measurements per leaf weretaken per plot.

Experimental Results

10 different Sorghum hybrids were grown and characterized for variousbiomass and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) parameters as described inTable 11 below. The average for each of the measured parameter wascalculated using the JMP software and values are summarized in Table12-19 below. Subsequent correlation analysis was performed (Table 20).Results were then integrated to the database.

TABLE 11 Sorghum correlated parameters (vectors) Corr. Correlatedparameter with ID Leaf num [number] at 100 mM NaCl growth conditions 1Leaf num [number], Cold growth conditions 2 Leaf num [number], Normalgrowth conditions 3 Leaf num [number], low nitrogen growth conditions 4NUE per root biomass, Normal growth conditions 5 NUE per root biomass,low nitrogen growth conditions 6 NUE per shoot biomass, Normal growthconditions 7 NUE per shoot biomass, low nitrogen growth conditions 8 NUEper total biomass, Normal growth conditions 9 NUE per total biomass, lownitrogen growth conditions 10 Percent of reduction of root biomasscompared to normal [%], low 11 nitrogen growth conditions Percent ofreduction of shoot biomass compared to normal [%] at 12 low nitrogengrowth conditions Percent of reduction of total biomass compared tonormal [%] at 13 low nitrogen growth conditions Plant height [cm] at 100mM NaCl growth conditions 14 Plant height [cm] at Cold growth conditions15 Plant height [cm] at Normal growth conditions 16 Plant height [cm] atlow nitrogen growth conditions 17 RGR Leaf Num [number] at Normal growthconditions 18 Root Biomass DW [gr.]/SPAD at 100 mM NaCl growthconditions 19 Root Biomass DW [gr.]/SPAD at Cold growth conditions 20Root Biomass DW [gr.]/SPAD at Normal growth conditions 21 Root BiomassDW [gr.]/SPAD at low nitrogen growth conditions 22 Root DW [gr.] at 100mM NaCl growth conditions 23 Root DW [gr.] at Cold growth conditions 24Root DW [gr.] at Normal growth conditions 25 Root DW [gr.] at lownitrogen growth conditions 26 Shoot Biomass DW [gr.]/SPAD at 100 mM NaClgrowth 27 conditions Shoot Biomass DW [gr.]/SPAD at Cold growthconditions 28 Shoot Biomass DW [gr.]/SPAD at Normal growth conditions 29Shoot Biomass DW [gr.]/SPAD at low nitrogen growth conditions 30 ShootDW [gr.] at 100 mM NaCl growth conditions 31 Shoot DW [gr.] at Coldgrowth conditions 32 Shoot DW [gr.] at Normal growth conditions 33 ShootDW [gr] at low nitrogen growth conditions 34 Shoot/Root ratio at Normalgrowth conditions 35 Shoot/Root ratio at low nitrogen growth conditions36 SPAD [SPAD unit] at 100 mM NaCl growth conditions 37 SPAD [SPAD unit]at Cold growth conditions 38 SPAD [SPAD unit] at Normal growthconditions 39 SPAD [SPAD unit] at low nitrogen growth conditions 40Total Biomass (Root + Shoot) DW [gr.]/SPAD at 100 mM NaCl 41 growthconditions Total Biomass (Root + Shoot) DW [gr.]/SPAD at Cold growth 42conditions Total Biomass (Root + Shoot) DW [gr.]/SPAD at Normal growth43 conditions Total Biomass (Root + Shoot) DW [gr.]/SPAD at low nitrogen44 growth conditions Table 11: Provided are the Sorghum correlatedparameters. Cold conditions = 10 ± 2° C.; NaCl = 100 mM NaCl; Lownitrogen = 1.2 mM Nitrogen; Normal conditions = 16 mM Nitrogen; “Corr” =correlation.

TABLE 12 Sorghum accessions, measured parameters under low nitrogengrowth conditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 4 3.94.27 4.7 4.23 4.3 17 13.3 20.6 23.7 18 19.3 16 22.2 31.1 34.7 30 30.8 260.044 0.108 0.202 0.104 0.078 40 26.9 28 29.6 31.5 29.6 34 0.082 0.1870.328 0.163 0.163 6 9.6 23.5 43.9 22.6 16.9 8 17.9 40.6 71.4 35.4 35.310 27.5 64.1 115.2 58 52.2 11 84.5 81 117 100.5 72.5 12 81.6 79.2 104.8103.5 83.7 13 82.6 79.8 109.1 102.3 79.7 22 0.0017 0.0039 0.0068 0.00330.0026 30 0.0031 0.0067 0.0111 0.0052 0.0055 36 1.87 1.71 1.73 1.57 2.144 0.0047 0.0105 0.0179 0.0085 0.0081 Table 12: Provided are the valuesof each of the parameters (as described above) measured in Sorghumaccessions (Line) under low nitrogen conditions. Growth conditions arespecified in the experimental procedure section. “Corr” = correlation.

TABLE 13 Additional calculated parameters in sorghum accessions,measured parameters under low nitrogen growth conditions Line Corr. IDLine-6 Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 4 4.57 4.63 4.67 3.97 4.1 17 19.221.9 22.1 18.2 21 16 29.9 30.9 32.4 29.4 30.7 26 0.086 0.13 0.094 0.0860.092 40 26.8 28.5 28.2 30.5 27.6 34 0.156 0.259 0.199 0.13 0.184 6 12.428.2 20.5 18.8 20.1 8 22.7 56.4 43.2 28.3 39.9 10 35.1 84.6 63.7 47 6011 71.8 93.5 76.1 86.8 80.5 12 83.2 107.7 81.4 70.3 75.9 13 78.8 102.579.6 76.1 77.4 22 0.0032 0.0046 0.0033 0.0028 0.0033 30 0.0058 0.00910.007 0.0043 0.0066 36 1.81 2.06 2.1 1.5 2 44 0.009 0.0137 0.0104 0.00710.01 Table 13: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (asdescribed above) measured in Sorghum accessions (Line) under lownitrogen conditions. Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section. “Corr” = correlation.

TABLE 14 Sorghum accessions, measured parameters under salinity growthconditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 1 4 4.134.57 4.43 4.07 14 21.8 23.2 30.4 22.8 23.7 23 0.05 0.104 0.124 0.0690.076 37 32.7 35.1 28 30.9 34.5 31 0.094 0.186 0.202 0.137 0.13 190.0015 0.003 0.0044 0.0022 0.0022 27 0.0029 0.0053 0.0072 0.0044 0.003841 0.0044 0.0083 0.0116 0.0067 0.006 Table 14: Provided are the valuesof each of the parameters (as described above) measured in Sorghumaccessions (Line) under salinity (100 mM NaCl) growth conditions. Growthconditions are specified in the experimental procedure section. “Corr” =correlation.

TABLE 15 Additional calculated parameters in sorghum accessions,measured parameters under salinity growth conditions Line Corr. IDLine-6 Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 1 4.33 4.13 4.5 3.78 4.2 14 23.322.5 26.8 20.3 23.6 23 0.075 0.135 0.095 0.165 0.139 37 30 32.1 31.932.5 34.3 31 0.133 0.154 0.189 0.099 0.124 19 0.0025 0.0042 0.003 0.00510.004 27 0.0044 0.0048 0.0059 0.0031 0.0036 41 0.0069 0.009 0.00890.0081 0.0077 Table 15: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Sorghum accessions (Line)under salinity (100 mM NaCl) growth conditions. Growth conditions arespecified in the experimental procedure section. “Corr” = correlation.

TABLE 16 Sorghum accessions, measured parameters under cold growthconditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 2 4.73 5.335.43 5.5 5.33 15 11.2 15.9 18.4 12.2 16 24 0.068 0.108 0.163 0.093 0.08438 28.6 30.3 27 32.3 28.3 32 0.078 0.154 0.189 0.112 0.13 20 0.00240.0036 0.006 0.0029 0.003 28 0.0027 0.0051 0.007 0.0035 0.0046 42 0.00510.0087 0.013 0.0064 0.0076 Table 16: Provided are the values of each ofthe parameters (as described above) measured in Sorghum accessions(Line) under cold growth conditions. Growth conditions are specified inthe experimental procedure section. “Corr” = correlation.

TABLE 17 Additional calculated parameters in sorghum accessions,measured parameters under cold growth conditions Line Corr. ID Line-6Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 2 5.07 4.5 5.4 5.37 5.18 15 14.6 14.6 17.313.4 13.9 24 0.114 0.137 0.127 0.108 0.139 38 29.9 32.5 28.6 31.7 29.632 0.165 0.152 0.15 0.112 0.141 20 0.0038 0.0042 0.0044 0.0034 0.0047 280.0055 0.0047 0.0052 0.0035 0.0048 42 0.0093 0.0089 0.0097 0.0069 0.0095Table 17: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (asdescribed above) measured in Sorghum accessions (Line) under cold growthconditions. Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section. “Corr” = correlation.

TABLE 18 Sorghum accessions, measured parameters under regular growthconditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 3 5.33 5.876.2 5.8 5.8 18 0.155 0.186 0.159 0.173 0.171 25 0.052 0.134 0.172 0.1030.107 39 26.7 29.3 29.9 29.1 25 33 0.101 0.236 0.313 0.158 0.194 5 0.862.19 2.83 1.69 1.76 7 1.65 3.87 5.14 2.58 3.18 9 2.51 6.06 7.96 4.284.94 21 0.002 0.0046 0.0058 0.0036 0.0043 29 0.0038 0.008 0.0105 0.00540.0078 35 1.98 1.94 1.9 1.59 1.81 43 0.0057 0.0126 0.0163 0.009 0.0121Table 18: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (asdescribed above) measured in Sorghum accessions (Line) under regulargrowth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section. “Corr” = correlation.

TABLE 19 Additional measured parameters under regular growth conditionsLine Corr. ID Line-6 Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 3 5.73 5.73 6 5.6 6.0718 0.168 0.174 0.171 0.174 0.204 25 0.12 0.139 0.124 0.099 0.115 39 24.630.8 25.5 32.9 33.5 33 0.188 0.241 0.244 0.185 0.242 5 1.96 2.27 2.041.09 1.88 7 3.08 3.95 4 2.02 3.97 9 5.04 6.22 6.04 3.11 5.85 21 0.00490.0045 0.0049 0.003 0.0034 29 0.0076 0.0078 0.0096 0.0056 0.0072 35 1.581.76 1.99 1.89 2.2 43 0.0125 0.0123 0.0144 0.0086 0.0106 Table 19:Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as described above)measured in Sorghum accessions (Line) under regular growth conditions.Growth conditions are specified in the experimental procedure section.“Corr” = correlation.

TABLE 20 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under low nitrogen, normal, cold or salinity stressconditions across Sorghum accessions Gene Exp. Corr. Gene Exp. Corr.Name R P value set Set ID Name R P value set Set ID LGA17 0.79 1.06E−025 32 LGA17 0.86 2.99E−03 5 28 LGA17 0.81 7.98E−03 5 15 LGA17 0.827.36E−03 5 42 LGA17 0.72 2.90E−02 5 20 LGB14 0.73 6.20E−02 3 13 LGM110.70 3.54E−02 5 32 LGM11 0.82 6.43E−03 5 28 LGM11 0.82 7.23E−03 5 15LGM11 0.77 1.44E−02 5 42 LGM11 0.72 2.99E−02 8 25 LGM12 0.77 1.58E−02 538 LGM17 0.96 5.29E−04 3 6 LGM17 0.79 3.33E−02 3 16 LGM17 0.92 3.39E−033 10 LGM17 0.86 1.30E−02 3 8 LGM17 0.75 5.18E−02 3 34 LGM17 0.755.12E−02 3 17 LGM17 0.80 2.99E−02 3 22 LGM17 0.88 8.30E−03 3 26 LGM170.83 2.18E−02 3 12 LGM17 0.70 7.70E−02 3 44 LGM23 0.87 2.04E−03 6 6LGM23 0.86 2.79E−03 6 10 LGM23 0.84 4.77E−03 6 8 LGM23 0.84 4.77E−03 634 LGM23 0.82 6.62E−03 6 30 LGM23 0.88 1.76E−03 6 22 LGM23 0.87 2.04E−036 26 LGM23 0.85 3.41E−03 6 44 LGM23 0.71 3.31E−02 7 23 Table 20.Provided are the correlations (R) between the genes expression levels invarious tissues and the phenotypic performance. “Corr. SetID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parameters specifiedin Table 11. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table 10. “R” =Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value.

Example 4 Production of Maize Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis with Yield and NUE Related Parameters Using 60KMaize Olgonucleotide Micro-Arrays

In order to produce a high throughput correlation analysis between plantphenotype and gene expression level, the present inventors utilized amaize oligonucleotide micro-array, produced by Agilent Technologies[chem(dot)agilent(dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot)asp?lPage=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 60,000 maize genes and transcripts.

Correlation of Maize Hybrids Across Ecotypes Grown Under Low NitrogenConditions

Experimental Procedures

Twelve Maize hybrids were grown in 3 repetitive plots in field. Maizeseeds were planted and plants were grown in the field using commercialfertilization and irrigation protocols (normal growth conditions), whichincluded 485 m³ water per dunam (1000 square meters) per entire growthperiod and fertilization of 30 units of URAN® 21% fertilization perdunam per entire growth period. For nitrogen deficient assays, thegrowth conditions included 50% percent less Nitrogen as compared to theamount of nitrogen provided under the normal conditions. In order todefine correlations between the levels of RNA expression with NUE andyield components or vigor related parameters, the 12 different maizehybrids were analyzed. Among them, 11 hybrids encompassing the observedvariance were selected for RNA expression analysis. The correlationbetween the RNA levels and the characterized parameters was analyzedusing Pearson correlation test [davidmlane (dot) com/hyperstat/A34739(dot) html].

Analyzed Maize tissues—All 11 selected maize hybrids were sampled pereach treatment (low Nitrogen and normal conditions), in three timepoints: TP2=V6-V8 (six to eight collar leaves are visible, rapid growthphase and kernel row determination begins; TP5=R1-R2 (silking-blister);and TP6=R3-R4 (milk-dough). Four types of plant tissues [Ear, flag leafindicated in Table as leaf, grain distal part, and internode] weresampled and RNA was extracted as described above. Each micro-arrayexpression information tissue type has received a Set ID as summarizedin Tables 21-22 below.

TABLE 21 Maize transcriptome expression sets under low nitrogenconditions Set Expression Set ID Ear under low nitrogen conditions atreproductive stage: R1-R2 1 Ear under low nitrogen conditions atreproductive stage: R3-R4 2 Internode under low nitrogen conditions atvegetative stage: V6-V8 3 Internode under low nitrogen conditions atreproductive stage: R1-R2 4 Internode under low nitrogen conditions atreproductive stage: R3-R4 5 Leaf under low nitrogen conditions atvegetative stage: V6-V8 6 Leaf under low nitrogen conditions atreproductive stage: R1-R2 7 Leaf under low nitrogen conditions atreproductive stage: R3-R4 8 Table 21: Provided are the maizetranscriptome expression sets under low nitrogen (N) growth conditionsLeaf = the leaf below the main ear; Ear = the female flower at theanthesis day; Internodes = internodes located above and below the mainear in the plant. “TP” = time point.

TABLE 22 Maize transcriptome expression sets under normal growthconditions Set Expression Set ID Ear at R1-R2 stage under normalconditions 1 Grain distal at R4-R5 stage under normal conditions 2Internode at R3-R4 stage under normal conditions 3 Leaf at R1-R2 stageunder normal conditions 4 Ear at R3-R4 stage under normal conditions 5Internode at R1-R2 stage under normal conditions 6 Internode at V6-V8stage under normal conditions 7 Leaf at V6-V8 stage under normalconditions 8 Table 22: Provided are the maize transcriptome expressionsets under normal growth conditions. Leaf = the leaf below the main ear;Ear = the female flower at the anthesis day. Grain Distal = maizedeveloping grains from the cob extreme area; Internodes = internodeslocated above and below the main ear in the plant. “R1-R2” = silking -blister stages (reproductive stage, early grain development); “R3-R4” =milk-dough (reproductive development, grain filling stages); “R4-R5” =dough-dent stage (grain filling stages); “V6-V8” = vegetative stages,the collar of the 6-8 leaf is visible.

The following parameters were collected using digital imaging system:

Grain Area (cm²)—At the end of the growing period the grains wereseparated from the ear. A sample of ˜200 grains were weighted,photographed and images were processed using the below described imageprocessing system. The grain area was measured from those images and wasdivided by the number of grains.

Grain Length and Grain width (cm)—At the end of the growing period thegrains were separated from the ear. A sample of ˜200 grains wereweighted, photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The sum of grain lengths/or width(longest axis) was measured from those images and was divided by thenumber of grains.

Ear Area (cm²)—At the end of the growing period 5 ears were photographedand images were processed using the below described image processingsystem. The Ear area was measured from those images and was divided bythe number of Ears.

Ear Length (cm) and Ear Width (mm)—At the end of the growing period 5ears were photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The Ear length and width (longestaxis) was measured from those images and was divided by the number ofears.

The image processing system was used, which consists of a personaldesktop computer (Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and a public domainprogram—ImageJ 1.37, Java based image processing software, which wasdeveloped at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and is freelyavailable on the internet at rsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/. Images werecaptured in resolution of 10 Mega Pixels (3888×2592 pixels) and storedin a low compression JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group standard)format. Next, image processing output data for seed area and seed lengthwas saved to text files and analyzed using the JMP statistical analysissoftware (SAS institute).

Additional parameters were collected either by sampling 6 plants perplot or by measuring the parameter across all the plants within theplot.

Normalized Grain Weight per plant (kg)—At the end of the experiment allears from plots within blocks A-C were collected. Six ears wereseparately threshed and grains were weighted, all additional ears werethreshed together and weighted as well. The average grain weight per earwas calculated by dividing the total grain weight by number of totalears per plot (based on plot). In case of 6 ears, the total grainsweight of 6 ears was divided by 6.

Ear FW (kg)—At the end of the experiment (when ears were harvested)total and 6 selected ears per plots within blocks A-C were collectedseparately. The plants (total and 6) were weighted (gr.) separately andthe average ear per plant was calculated for total (Ear FW per plot) andfor 6 plants (Ear FW per plant).

Plant height and Ear height [cm]—Plants were characterized for height atharvesting. In each measure, 6 plants were measured for their heightusing a measuring tape. Height was measured from ground level to top ofthe plant below the tassel. Ear height was measured from the groundlevel to the place were the main ear is located.

Leaf number per plant [number]—Plants were characterized for leaf numberduring growing period at 5 time points. In each measure, plants weremeasured for their leaf number by counting all the leaves of 3 selectedplants per plot.

Relative Growth Rate was calculated using Formula VII (described above).

SPAD [SPAD unit]—Chlorophyll content was determined using a Minolta SPAD502 chlorophyll meter and measurement was performed at early stages ofgrain filling (R1-R2) and late stage of grain filling (R3-R4). SPADmeter readings were done on young fully developed leaves. Threemeasurements per leaf were taken per plot. Data were taken after 46 and54 days after (post) sowing (DPS).

Dry weight per plant [kg]—At the end of the experiment (wheninflorescence were dry) all vegetative material from plots within blocksA-C were collected.

Dry weight=total weight of the vegetative portion above ground(excluding roots) after drying at 70° C. in oven for 48 hours.

Harvest Index (HI) (Maize)—The harvest index per plant was calculatedusing Formula XVII (described above).

Percent Filled Ear [%]—was calculated as the percentage of the Ear areawith grains out of the total ear.

Cob diameter [mm]—The diameter of the cob without grains was measuredusing a ruler.

Kernel Row Number per Ear [number]—The number of rows in each ear wascounted.

Experimental Results

Twelve different maize hybrids were grown and characterized fordifferent parameters. Tables 23-24 describe the Maize correlatedparameters. The average for each of the measured parameters wascalculated using the JMP software (Tables 25-28) and a subsequentcorrelation analysis was performed (Tables 29-30). Results were thenintegrated to the database.

TABLE 23 Maize correlated parameters (vectors) under low nitrogenconditions Corr. Correlated parameter with ID Dry weight per plant [kg]at low nitrogen growth conditions 1 Ear height [cm] at low nitrogengrowth conditions 2 Ear Length [cm] at low nitrogen growth conditions 3Ear width [mm] at low nitrogen growth conditions 4 Kernel Row Number perEar [num] at low nitrogen growth 5 conditions Leaf number per plant TP1[num] at low nitrogen growth 6 conditions Leaf number per plant TP2[num] at low nitrogen growth 7 conditions Leaf number per plant TP3[num] at low nitrogen growth 8 conditions Leaf number per plant TP4[num] at low nitrogen growth 9 conditions Leaf number per plant TP5[num] at low nitrogen growth 10 conditions Plant height [cm] at lownitrogen growth conditions 11 SPAD R1-R2 [SPAD unit] at low nitrogengrowth conditions 12 SPAD R3-R4 [SPAD unit] at low nitrogen growthconditions 13 Table 23. “cm” = centimeters; “mm” = millimeters; “kg” =kilograms; SPAD at R1-R2 and SPAD R3-R4 = Chlorophyll level after earlyand late stages of grain filling. “R1-R2” = silking - blister stages(reproductive stage, early grain development); “R3-R4” = milk-dough(reproductive development, grain filling stages).

TABLE 24 Maize correlated parameters (vectors) under normal conditionsCorr. Correlated parameter with ID Dry weight per plant [kg] at Normalgrowth conditions 1 Ear height [cm] at Normal growth conditions 2 EarLength [cm] at Normal growth conditions 3 Ear Width [mm] at Normalgrowth conditions 4 Kernel Row Number per Ear [num] at Normal growthconditions 5 Leaf number per plant TP1 [num] at Normal growth conditions6 Leaf number per plant TP2 [num] at Normal growth conditions 7 Leafnumber per plant TP3 [num] at Normal growth conditions 8 Leaf number perplant TP4 [num] at Normal growth conditions 9 Leaf number per plant TP5[num] at Normal growth conditions 10 Plant height [cm] at Normal growthconditions 11 SPAD [SPAD unit] at Normal growth conditions 12 Table 24.“cm” = centimeters; “mm” = millimeters; “kg” = kilograms; SPAD:Chlorophyll level after early and late stages of grain filling; “dunam”= 1000 m².

TABLE 25 Measured parameters in Maize accessions under Low nitrogenconditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 11.59 1.43 1.53 1.95 1.48 1.6 3 20.6 21 20.2 20.1 20.1 18.5 2 158.1 136.2128.4 133.1 137.8 99.6 4 46.7 48.2 48.3 49.9 52.9 47.4 5 14.2 15.2 1515.7 16 15.9 6 6.5 7.86 7.67 7.17 4.97 8.61 7 8.22 8.28 8.56 8.22 7.6110.44 8 9.7 10.3 10.4 10.4 7.9 11.2 9 11.2 11.6 12.1 11.5 8.9 11.8 1012.7 12.4 14.4 13.1 12.2 14.3 11 305.8 270.9 290.6 252.2 260.2 227.2 1260.2 57.9 58.8 59.5 58.5 64 13 59.3 57.6 58.4 59.2 58.2 62.7 Table 25.Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as described above)measured in maize accessions (line) under low nitrogen gowth conditions.Growth conditions are specified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 26 Additional parameters in Maize accessions under Low nitrogenconditions Line Corr. ID Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 Line-11 1 1.581.28 1.51 0.43 1.52 3 19.1 18.2 20.1 17.8 21.2 2 130.2 114.6 143.9 61.6114.4 4 49.6 48.6 52.4 42.6 50 5 15.6 14.5 16.4 14.4 15.7 6 7.5 8.395.21 7.44 7.78 7 8.06 8.61 6.61 8.11 8.78 8 10.1 11.6 7.7 10.4 10.9 911.4 12.3 8.9 11.1 12.1 10 13.6 14.9 11.6 11.7 14.9 11 271.7 248.6 279.3171.3 269.8 12 56.4 60 58.3 53.1 61.7 13 61 59.9 57.5 49.6 61.9 Table26. Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as describedabove) measured in maize accessions (line) under low nitrogen growthconditions. Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section.

TABLE 27 Measured parameters in Maize accessions under normal growthconditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 11.27 1.3 1.33 1.5 1.3 1.58 3 19.9 20.2 18.1 19.9 19.5 17.7 4 51.1 46.345.9 47.6 51.4 47.4 2 130.3 122.3 127.7 113 135.3 94.3 5 16.1 14.7 15.415.9 16.2 15.2 6 5.67 7.83 7.61 7.11 5.11 7.94 7 7.33 8.83 9.5 8.94 7.1110.06 8 8.4 10.3 10.8 10.4 7.9 11.8 9 9.4 11.1 11.8 11.3 9 11.4 10 12.412.8 14.2 13.4 12.8 14 11 273.5 260.5 288 238.5 286.9 224.8 12 59.9 60.956.9 58.7 58.7 63.2 Table 27. Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in maize accessions (line)under normal growth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section.

TABLE 28 Additional measured parameters in Maize accessions under normalgrowth conditions Line Corr. Id Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 Line-11 11.42 1.37 1.7 0.42 11.38 3 17.7 17.3 17.5 19.9 20.5 4 47.3 46.8 48.341.8 49.3 2 120.9 107.7 139.7 60.4 112.5 5 16 14.8 17.7 14.3 15.4 6 7.58 5.33 7.11 7.67 7 9.22 9.67 7.39 8.89 9.22 8 10.8 11.5 8.7 10.6 11.3 911.2 11.8 9.3 10.8 12 10 13.3 14.3 12.8 11.6 14.6 11 264.4 251.6 279163.8 278.4 12 59.8 62.4 57.2 49.3 61.9 Table 28. Provided are thevalues of each of the parameters (as described above) measured in maizeaccessions (line) under normal growth conditions. Growth conditions arespecified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 29 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under low nitrogen conditions across maize accessions Corr.Gene Exp. Set Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set ID Name R P value setSet ID LGB7 0.80 3.06E−02 1 2 LGB7 0.88 8.45E−03 1 4 LGB7 0.74 5.56E−021 11 LGB7 0.84 1.84E−02 1 1 LGB7 0.75 5.22E−02 4 7 LGB7 0.90 5.63E−03 48 LGB7 0.73 6.18E−02 4 13 LGB7 0.89 7.82E−03 4 12 LGB7 0.74 5.79E−02 4 6LGB8 0.73 6.11E−02 1 2 LGB8 0.78 3.96E−02 1 4 LGB8 0.73 1.66E−02 3 2LGM14 0.74 5.76E−02 1 8 LGM14 0.73 6.35E−02 1 2 LGM14 0.81 2.73E−02 1 13LGM14 0.72 7.07E−02 1 12 LGM14 0.75 5.22E−02 1 9 LGM14 0.72 6.89E−02 1 4LGM14 0.80 3.17E−02 1 11 LGM14 0.74 5.84E−02 1 6 LGM14 0.93 6.62E−03 6 2LGM14 0.75 3.22E−02 7 2 LGM14 0.83 1.16E−02 7 9 LGM14 0.76 2.92E−02 7 4LGM14 0.79 1.93E−02 7 11 LGM14 0.73 4.16E−02 7 10 LGM14 0.77 4.19E−02 42 LGM16 0.76 4.93E−02 1 2 LGM16 0.76 4.87E−02 1 13 LGM16 0.79 3.36E−02 19 LGM16 0.81 2.66E−02 1 4 LGM16 0.81 2.57E−02 1 11 LGM16 0.82 2.29E−02 11 LGM16 0.77 4.31E−02 1 10 LGM19 0.92 3.18E−03 1 13 LGM19 0.79 3.35E−021 12 LGM19 0.73 6.16E−02 1 9 LGM19 0.79 3.51E−02 1 3 LGM19 0.89 7.42E−031 10 LGM19 0.81 8.30E−03 5 2 LGM19 0.77 1.42E−02 5 11 LGM19 0.833.91E−02 6 9 LGM19 0.78 6.83E−02 6 10 LGM19 0.71 2.10E−02 3 13 LGM190.75 3.29E−02 8 2 LGM19 0.88 4.19E−03 8 13 LGM19 0.91 1.45E−03 8 12LGM19 0.85 7.98E−03 8 10 LGM19 0.73 3.84E−02 7 12 LGM19 0.70 5.19E−02 71 LGM19 0.78 4.05E−02 4 2 LGM19 0.81 2.78E−02 4 12 LGM19 0.73 6.42E−02 411 LGM21 0.78 1.39E−02 5 7 LGM21 0.82 4.75E−02 6 2 LGM21 0.77 7.32E−02 611 LGM21 0.88 4.21E−03 2 1 LGM21 0.86 1.29E−02 4 7 LGM21 0.77 4.19E−02 48 LGM21 0.88 8.23E−03 4 12 LGM21 0.82 2.55E−02 4 6 LGM4 0.72 1.09E−01 68 LGM4 0.73 1.00E−01 6 10 LGM4 0.73 1.75E−02 3 8 LGM4 0.71 2.03E−02 3 9LGM4 0.92 1.90E−04 3 10 LGM4 0.73 3.87E−02 2 13 LGM4 0.70 5.13E−02 2 9LGM4 0.84 8.67E−03 2 10 LGM4 0.77 4.46E−02 4 9 LGM4 0.77 4.48E−02 4 10LGM5 0.79 3.50E−02 1 10 LGM5 0.75 2.02E−02 5 1 LGM5 0.74 3.39E−02 8 5LGM7 0.86 2.76E−02 6 3 LGM7 0.71 4.77E−02 8 6 LGM8 0.74 5.86E−02 1 13LGM8 0.70 7.72E−02 1 12 LGM8 0.85 1.59E−02 1 10 LGM8 0.71 1.12E−01 6 4LGM8 0.81 4.91E−02 6 3 LGM8 0.80 1.65E−02 7 8 LGM8 0.79 3.62E−02 4 13LGM8 0.72 6.69E−02 4 9 LGM9 0.79 3.30E−02 1 9 LGM9 0.80 3.00E−02 1 10LGM9 0.80 5.72E−02 6 4 LGM9 0.76 1.09E−02 3 8 LGM9 0.76 2.70E−02 8 7LGM9 0.74 3.72E−02 7 8 LGM9 0.74 5.97E−02 4 8 Table 29. Provided are thecorrelations (R) between the genes expression levels in various tissuesand the phenotypic performance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation set IDaccording to the correlated parameters specified in Table 23. “Exp.Set”—Expression set specified in Table 21. “R” = Pearson correlationcoefficient; “P” = p value.

TABLE 30 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal conditions across maize accessions Gene Exp.Corr. Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set Set ID Name R P value set SetID LGB8 0.85 1.46E−02 1 6 LGB8 0.81 2.59E−02 1 12 LGB8 0.73 6.52E−02 1 7LGB8 0.73 9.92E−02 5 2 LGB8 0.83 4.00E−02 5 5 LGB8 0.72 4.47E−02 2 3LGB8 0.81 1.46E−02 2 4 LGB8 0.72 4.30E−02 3 12 LGM14 0.71 7.39E−02 1 6LGM14 0.79 3.31E−02 1 12 LGM14 0.87 1.19E−02 1 2 LGM14 0.82 2.50E−02 111 LGM14 0.74 3.58E−02 2 10 LGM14 0.82 1.24E−02 2 1 LGM14 0.83 2.20E−024 2 LGM14 0.73 6.07E−02 4 11 LGM14 0.73 6.42E−02 6 12 LGM14 0.745.75E−02 6 2 LGM16 0.78 3.84E−02 1 8 LGM16 0.81 2.83E−02 1 1 LGM16 0.783.83E−02 1 11 LGM16 0.86 1.32E−02 1 7 LGM16 0.72 6.58E−02 1 4 LGM16 0.733.89E−02 2 5 LGM16 0.71 7.60E−02 6 10 LGM16 0.78 4.00E−02 6 5 LGM16 0.713.16E−02 7 4 LGM19 0.91 4.55E−03 1 10 LGM19 0.88 8.43E−03 1 12 LGM190.71 7.18E−02 1 5 LGM19 0.76 4.68E−02 1 9 LGM19 0.93 2.17E−03 1 4 LGM190.74 9.35E−02 5 1 LGM19 0.81 1.58E−02 2 10 LGM19 0.75 1.27E−02 8 10LGM19 0.92 1.62E−04 8 12 LGM19 0.80 3.21E−02 4 5 LGM19 0.76 4.94E−02 4 4LGM19 0.74 3.70E−02 3 12 LGM19 0.76 4.87E−02 6 10 LGM19 0.74 5.57E−02 612 LGM19 0.87 1.06E−02 6 5 LGM19 0.95 1.07E−03 6 4 LGM19 0.85 3.94E−03 712 LGM21 0.74 5.73E−02 1 10 LGM21 0.80 3.05E−02 1 12 LGM21 0.84 1.79E−021 2 LGM21 0.79 3.53E−02 1 11 LGM21 0.74 5.49E−02 1 4 LGM21 0.75 8.73E−025 4 LGM21 0.74 2.22E−02 7 5 LGM21 0.76 1.65E−02 7 4 LGM4 0.85 1.55E−02 11 LGM4 0.71 7.26E−02 1 9 LGM4 0.70 7.92E−02 1 4 LGM4 0.76 7.90E−02 5 12LGM4 0.85 7.48E−03 2 2 LGM4 0.89 2.96E−03 2 11 LGM4 0.81 4.59E−03 8 1LGM4 0.74 5.57E−02 4 8 LGM4 0.77 4.32E−02 4 6 LGM4 0.72 6.58E−02 4 12LGM4 0.75 3.15E−02 3 12 LGM4 0.71 7.63E−02 6 8 LGM4 0.72 6.65E−02 6 10LGM4 0.76 4.95E−02 6 1 LGM4 0.70 7.73E−02 6 9 LGM4 0.70 7.90E−02 6 4LGM4 0.83 6.19E−03 7 10 LGM4 0.71 3.22E−02 7 6 LGM4 0.78 1.23E−02 7 9LGM5 0.88 8.20E−03 1 8 LGM5 0.93 2.53E−03 1 7 LGM5 0.76 7.66E−02 5 6LGM5 0.74 9.15E−02 5 9 LGM5 0.74 8.97E−02 5 7 LGM5 0.85 1.49E−02 4 1LGM5 0.81 8.53E−03 7 4 LGM7 0.81 2.59E−02 1 6 LGM7 0.82 2.27E−02 1 7LGM7 0.73 1.01E−01 5 2 LGM7 0.71 4.72E−02 2 10 LGM8 0.72 6.84E−02 1 8LGM8 0.73 6.09E−02 1 10 LGM8 0.71 7.39E−02 1 6 LGM8 0.73 6.04E−02 1 9LGM8 0.70 7.79E−02 1 7 LGM8 0.81 5.17E−02 5 1 LGM8 0.79 2.00E−02 3 10LGM8 0.72 6.83E−02 6 10 LGM8 0.86 1.26E−02 6 6 LGM8 0.75 5.25E−02 6 12Table 30. Provided are the correlations (R) between the genes expressionlevels in various tissues and the phenotypic performance. “Corr. SetID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parameters specifiedin Table 24. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table 22. “R” =Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value.

Example 5 Production of Maize Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis with Yield and NUE Related Parameters Using 44KMaize Oligonucleotide Micro-Arrays

In order to produce a high throughput correlation analysis between plantphenotype and gene expression level, the present inventors utilized amaize oligonucleotide micro-array, produced by Agilent Technologies[chem(dot)agilent (dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot)asp?lPage=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 45,000 maize genes and transcripts.

Correlation of Maize Hybrids Across Ecotypes Grown Under Regular GrowthConditions

Experimental Procedures

Twelve Maize hybrids were grown in 3 repetitive plots, in field. Maizeseeds were planted and plants were grown in the field using commercialfertilization and irrigation protocols (normal growth conditions), whichincluded 485 m³ water per dunam (1000 square meters) per entire growthperiod and fertilization of 30 units of URAN® 21% fertilization perdunam per entire growth period. In order to define correlations betweenthe levels of RNA expression with stress and yield components or vigorrelated parameters, the 12 different maize hybrids were analyzed. Amongthem, 10 hybrids encompassing the observed variance were selected forRNA expression analysis. The correlation between the RNA levels and thecharacterized parameters were analyzed using Pearson correlation test[davidmlane (dot) com/hyperstat/A34739 (dot) html].

Analyzed Maize tissues—All 10 selected maize hybrids were sampled inthree time points (TP2=V2-V3 (when two to three collar leaf are visible,rapid growth phase and kernel row determination begins), TP5=R1-R2(silking-blister), TP6=R3-R4 (milk-dough). Four types of plant tissues[Ear, flag leaf indicated in Table as leaf, grain distal part, andinternode] were sampled and RNA was extracted as described in “GENERALEXPERIMENTAL AND BIOINFORMATICS METHODS”. For convenience, eachmicro-array expression information tissue type has received a Set ID assummarized in Table 31 below.

TABLE 31 Maize transcriptome expression sets under normal growthconditions Set Expression Set ID Ear under normal conditions atreproductive stage: R1-R2 1 Ear under normal conditions at reproductivestage: R3-R4 2 Internode under normal conditions at vegetative stage: 3Vegetative V2-3 Internode under normal conditions at reproductive stage:R1-R2 4 Internode under normal conditions at reproductive stage: R3-R4 5Leaf under normal conditions at vegetative stage: Vegetative V2-3 6 Leafunder normal conditions at reproductive stage: R1-R2 7 Grain distalunder normal conditions at reproductive stage: R1-R2 8 Table 31:Provided are the maize transcriptome expression sets. Leaf = the leafbelow the main ear; Ear = the female flower at the anthesis day. GrainDistal = maize developing grains from the cob extreme area; Internodes =internodes located above and below the main ear in the plant.

The following parameters were collected using digital imaging system:

Grain Area (cm²)—At the end of the growing period the grains wereseparated from the ear. A sample of ˜200 grains was weighted,photographed and images were processed using the below described imageprocessing system. The grain area was measured from those images and wasdivided by the number of grains.

Grain Length and Grain width (cm)—At the end of the growing period thegrains were separated from the ear. A sample of ˜200 grains wereweighted, photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The sum of grain lengths/or width(longest axis) was measured from those images and was divided by thenumber of grains.

Ear Area (cm²)—At the end of the growing period 5 ears were photographedand images were processed using the below described image processingsystem. The ear area was measured from those images and was divided bythe number of ears.

Ear Length and Ear Width (cm)—At the end of the growing period 5 earswere photographed and images were processed using the below describedimage processing system. The ear length and width (longest axis) wasmeasured from those images and was divided by the number of ears.

The image processing system which used consists of a personal desktopcomputer (Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and a public domain program—ImageJ1.37, Java based image processing software, was developed at the U.S.National Institutes of Health and is freely available on the internet atrsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/. Images were captured in resolution of 10Mega Pixels (3888×2592 pixels) and stored in a low compression JPEG(Joint Photographic Experts Group standard) format. Next, imageprocessing output data for seed area and seed length was saved to textfiles and analyzed using the JMP statistical analysis software (SASinstitute).

Additional parameters were collected either by sampling 6 plants perplot or by measuring the parameter across all the plants within theplot.

Normalized Grain Weight per plant (gr.)—At the end of the experiment allears from plots within blocks A-C were collected. Six ears wereseparately threshed and grains were weighted, all additional ears werethreshed together and weighted as well. The average grain weight per earwas calculated by dividing the total grain weight by number of totalears per plot (based on plot). In case of 6 ears, the total grainsweight of 6 ears was divided by 6.

Ear FW (gr.)—At the end of the experiment (when ears were harvested)total and 6 selected ears per plots within blocks A-C were collectedseparately. The plants (total and 6) were weighted (gr.) separately andthe average ear per plant was calculated for total (Ear FW per plot) andfor 6 plants (Ear FW per plant).

Plant height and Ear height [cm]—Plants were characterized for height atharvesting. In each measure, 6 plants were measured for their heightusing a measuring tape. Height was measured from ground level to top ofthe plant below the tassel. Ear height was measured from the groundlevel to the place were the main ear is located.

Leaf number per plant [num]—Plants were characterized for leaf numberduring growing period at 5 time points. In each measure, plants weremeasured for their leaf number by counting all the leaves of 3 selectedplants per plot.

Relative Growth Rate was calculated using Formula VII (described above).

SPAD [SPAD unit]—Chlorophyll content was determined using a Minolta SPAD502 chlorophyll meter and measurement was performed 64 days post sowing.SPAD meter readings were done on young fully developed leaf. Threemeasurements per leaf were taken per plot. Data were taken after 46 and54 days after (post) sowing (DPS).

Dry weight per plant—At the end of the experiment (when inflorescencewere dry) all vegetative material from plots within blocks A-C werecollected.

Dry weight=total weight of the vegetative portion aboveground (excludingroots) after drying at 70° C. in oven or 48 hours.

Harvest Index (HI) (Maize)—The harvest index was calculated usingFormula XVII above.

Percent Filled Ear [%]—was calculated as the percentage of the Ear areawith grains out of the total ear.

Cob diameter [mm]—The diameter of the cob without grains was measuredusing a ruler.

Kernel Row Number per Ear [number]—The number of rows in each ear wascounted.

Data parameters collected are summarized in Table 32 herein below

TABLE 32 Maize correlated parameters (vectors) Corr. Correlatedparameter with ID Cob diameter [mm] at normal growth conditions 1 Dryweight per plant [gr.] at normal growth conditions 2 Ear Area [cm²] atnormal growth conditions 3 Ear FW (per plant) [gr.] at normal growthconditions 4 Ear FW (per plot) [gr.] at normal growth conditions 5 Earheight [cm] at normal growth conditions 6 Ear Length [cm] at normalgrowth conditions 7 Ear Width [cm] at normal growth conditions 8 GrainArea [cm²] at normal growth conditions 9 Grain Length [cm] at normalgrowth conditions 10 Grain width [cm] at normal growth conditions 11Kernel Row Number per Ear [num] at normal growth conditions 12 Leafnumber per plant [num] at normal growth conditions 13 Normalized GrainWeight per plant (per plant) [gr.] at normal 14 growth conditionsNormalized Grain Weight per plant (per plot) [gr.] at normal 15 growthconditions Percent Filled Ear [%] at normal growth conditions 16 Plantheight [cm] at normal growth conditions 17 Relative Growth Rate[leaves/day] at normal growth conditions 18 SPAD 46 DPS [SPAD unit] atnormal growth conditions 19 SPAD 54 DPS [SPAD unit] at normal growthconditions 20 Table 32. SPAD 46 DPS and SPAD 54 DPS: Chlorophyll levelafter 46 and 54 days after sowing (DPS), respectively. “FW” = freshweight; “Corr.” = correlation.

Experimental Results

Twelve different maize hybrids were grown and characterized fordifferent parameters. The correlated parameters are described in Table32 above. The average for each of the measured parameters was calculatedusing the JMP software (Tables 33-34) and a subsequent correlationanalysis was performed (Table 35). Results were then integrated to thedatabase.

TABLE 33 Measured parameters in Maize accessions under normal conditionsLine Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 20 54.3 57.2 5659.7 54.8 59.1 19 51.7 56.4 53.5 55.2 55.3 59.4 1 29 25.1 28.1 25.7 28.725.8 2 657.5 491.7 641.1 580.6 655.6 569.4 3 85.1 85.8 90.5 96 91.6 72.44 245.8 208.3 262.2 263.9 272.2 177.8 5 278.2 217.5 288.3 247.9 280.1175.8 7 19.7 19.1 20.5 21.3 20.9 18.2 8 5.58 5.15 5.67 5.53 5.73 5.23 6135.2 122.3 132 114 135.3 94.3 9 0.753 0.708 0.755 0.766 0.806 0.713 101.17 1.09 1.18 1.2 1.23 1.12 11 0.81 0.814 0.803 0.803 0.824 0.803 1216.2 14.7 16.2 15.9 16.2 15.2 13 12 11.1 11.7 11.8 11.9 12.3 14 153.9135.9 152.5 159.2 140.5 117.1 15 140.7 139.5 153.7 177 156.6 119.7 1680.6 86.8 82.1 92.7 80.4 82.8 17 278.1 260.5 275.1 238.5 286.9 224.8 180.283 0.221 0.281 0.269 0.306 0.244 Table 33. Provided are the values ofeach of the parameters (as described above) measured in maize accessions(Line) under regular growth conditions. Growth conditions are specifiedin the experimental procedure section. “Corr.” = correlation.

TABLE 34 Additional measured parameters in Maize accessions underregular growth conditions Line Corr. ID Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 Line-10Line-11 Line-12 20 58 60.4 54.8 51.4 61.1 53.3 19 58.5 55.9 53 53.9 59.750 1 26.4 25.2 26.7 2 511.1 544.4 574.2 522.2 3 74 76.5 55.2 95.4 4188.9 197.2 141.1 261.1 5 192.5 204.7 142.7 264.2 7 19 18.6 16.7 21.7 85.22 5.33 4.12 5.58 6 120.9 107.7 60.4 112.5 9 0.714 0.753 0.502 0.76210 1.14 1.13 0.92 1.18 11 0.791 0.837 0.675 0.812 12 16 14.8 14.3 15.413 12.4 12.2 9.3 12.6 14 123.2 131.3 40.8 170.7 15 119.7 133.5 54.3173.2 16 73.2 81.1 81.1 91.6 17 264.4 251.6 163.8 278.4 18 0.244 0.2660.194 0.301 Table 34. Provided are the values of each of the parameters(as described above) measured in maize accessions (Line) under regulargrowth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section. “Corr.” = correlation.

TABLE 35 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal across maize accessions Gene Exp. Corr. GeneExp. Corr. Name R P value set Set ID Name R P value set Set ID LGB7 0.721.04E−01 4 1 LGB7 0.77 7.17E−02 2 13 LGB8 0.75 5.30E−02 1 11 LGB8 0.753.31E−02 8 18 LGB8 0.82 1.32E−02 8 14 LGB8 0.73 3.94E−02 8 4 LGB8 0.724.32E−02 8 2 LGB8 0.73 4.04E−02 8 7 LGB8 0.71 5.02E−02 8 15 LGM14 0.898.03E−03 5 1 LGM14 0.77 4.25E−02 4 6 LGM14 0.74 5.49E−02 4 11 LGM14 0.851.51E−02 7 6 LGM14 0.72 6.88E−02 7 17 LGM14 0.71 7.46E−02 7 11 LGM140.83 4.07E−02 7 1 LGM14 0.77 4.17E−02 1 6 LGM14 0.73 6.32E−02 1 17 LGM140.80 3.15E−02 1 11 LGM14 0.74 2.20E−02 3 6 LGM14 0.85 3.35E−02 2 13LGM16 0.73 6.27E−02 4 10 LGM16 0.70 7.96E−02 4 18 LGM16 0.75 5.10E−02 44 LGM16 0.71 7.22E−02 4 7 LGM16 0.86 1.32E−02 4 12 LGM16 0.74 5.58E−02 72 LGM16 0.76 7.74E−02 7 1 LGM16 0.71 7.32E−02 1 10 LGM16 0.85 1.44E−02 118 LGM16 0.80 2.91E−02 1 13 LGM16 0.74 5.73E−02 1 17 LGM16 0.71 7.64E−021 9 LGM16 0.77 4.08E−02 1 8 LGM16 0.84 9.42E−03 8 10 LGM16 0.81 1.55E−028 18 LGM16 0.73 3.95E−02 8 3 LGM16 0.86 6.35E−03 8 5 LGM16 0.74 3.62E−028 9 LGM16 0.84 9.80E−03 8 14 LGM16 0.88 3.89E−03 8 4 LGM16 0.87 4.53E−038 2 LGM16 0.80 1.63E−02 8 7 LGM16 0.77 2.39E−02 8 12 LGM16 0.76 2.99E−028 1 LGM16 0.72 4.56E−02 8 15 LGM16 0.90 2.37E−03 8 8 LGM19 0.92 3.49E−034 10 LGM19 0.83 2.04E−02 4 18 LGM19 0.89 6.91E−03 4 13 LGM19 0.832.03E−02 4 3 LGM19 0.71 7.22E−02 4 17 LGM19 0.90 6.05E−03 4 9 LGM19 0.905.66E−03 4 14 LGM19 0.76 4.65E−02 4 4 LGM19 0.80 3.01E−02 4 11 LGM190.83 2.06E−02 4 7 LGM19 0.72 7.04E−02 4 16 LGM19 0.92 3.83E−03 4 15LGM19 0.87 1.17E−02 4 8 LGM19 0.87 1.13E−02 7 10 LGM19 0.74 5.89E−02 713 LGM19 0.71 7.15E−02 7 3 LGM19 0.79 3.41E−02 7 20 LGM19 0.86 1.28E−027 9 LGM19 0.78 4.06E−02 7 14 LGM19 0.79 3.64E−02 7 11 LGM19 0.812.64E−02 7 15 LGM19 0.80 2.93E−02 7 8 LGM19 0.84 1.92E−02 1 10 LGM190.78 4.05E−02 1 18 LGM19 0.96 4.73E−04 1 13 LGM19 0.85 1.66E−02 1 9LGM19 0.78 4.05E−02 1 14 LGM19 0.81 2.83E−02 1 11 LGM19 0.76 4.92E−02 115 LGM19 0.80 3.23E−02 1 8 LGM19 0.87 1.14E−03 6 13 LGM19 0.72 1.78E−026 14 LGM19 0.81 4.09E−03 6 11 LGM19 0.88 2.00E−02 2 11 LGM19 0.971.74E−03 2 16 LGM21 0.80 2.94E−02 1 10 LGM21 0.87 1.19E−02 1 13 LGM210.82 2.30E−02 1 6 LGM21 0.81 2.68E−02 1 17 LGM21 0.83 2.13E−02 1 9 LGM210.79 3.51E−02 1 14 LGM21 0.90 5.29E−03 1 11 LGM21 0.73 6.18E−02 1 15LGM21 0.83 2.11E−02 1 8 LGM21 0.81 5.27E−02 2 13 LGM4 0.79 3.62E−02 4 13LGM4 0.72 6.62E−02 7 13 LGM4 0.74 5.53E−02 1 13 LGM4 0.81 1.39E−02 8 6LGM4 0.92 1.35E−03 8 17 LGM4 0.72 1.93E−02 6 19 LGM4 0.82 4.47E−02 2 13LGM5 0.76 7.78E−02 7 1 LGM5 0.74 2.29E−02 6 1 LGM7 0.72 1.07E−01 2 6LGM7 0.86 2.97E−02 2 12 LGM8 0.74 5.90E−02 4 17 LGM8 0.83 4.19E−02 4 1LGM8 0.78 2.29E−02 8 18 LGM8 0.72 4.35E−02 8 17 LGM8 0.77 2.49E−02 8 9LGM8 0.75 3.09E−02 8 11 LGM8 0.71 4.83E−02 8 8 LGM8 0.76 7.74E−02 2 10LGM8 0.81 4.96E−02 2 18 LGM8 0.86 2.88E−02 2 3 LGM8 0.82 4.67E−02 2 9LGM8 0.78 6.50E−02 2 14 LGM8 0.78 6.56E−02 2 4 LGM8 0.82 4.33E−02 2 7LGM8 0.71 1.17E−01 2 16 LGM8 0.91 1.19E−02 2 15 LGM8 0.74 9.46E−02 2 8Table 35. Provided are the correlations (R) between the genes expressionlevels in various tissues and the phenotypic performance. “Corr. SetID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parameters specifiedin Table 32. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table 31. “R” =Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value.

Example 6 Production of Maize Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis with Yield, NUE, and ABST Related ParametersMeasured in Semi-Hydroponics Conditions Using 60K Maize OlgonucleotideMicro-Arrays

Maize vigor related parameters under low nitrogen (1.6 mM), salinity(100 mM NaCl), low temperature (10±2° C.) and normal growthconditions—Twelve Maize hybrids were grown in 5 repetitive plots, eachcontaining 7 plants, at a net house under semi-hydroponics conditions.Briefly, the growing protocol was as follows: Maize seeds were sown intrays filled with a mix of vermiculite and peat in a 1:1 ratio.Following germination, the trays were transferred to the high salinitysolution (100 mM NaCl in addition to the Full Hoagland solution), lowtemperature (10±2° C. in the presence of Full Hoagland solution), lownitrogen solution (the amount of total nitrogen was reduced in 90% fromthe full Hoagland solution, i.e., to a final concentration of 10% fromfull Hoagland solution, final amount of 1.6 mM N) or at Normal growthsolution (Full Hoagland containing 16 mM N solution, at 28±2° C.).Plants were grown at 28±2° C. unless otherwise indicated.

Full Hoagland solution consists of: KNO₃—0.808 grams/liter. MgSO₄—0.12grams/liter. KH₂PO₄—0.136 grams/liter and 0.01% (volume/volume) of‘Super coratin’ micro elements (Iron-EDDHA[ethylenediamine-N,N′-bis(2-hydroxyphenylacetic acid)]—40.5 grams/liter;Mn—20.2 grams/liter, Zn 10.1 grams/liter; Co 1.5 grams/liter; and Mo 1.1grams/liter), solution's pH should be 6.5-6.8.

Experimental Procedures

Analyzed Maize tissues—Twelve selected Maize hybrids were sampled pereach treatment. Two tissues [leaves and root tip] representing differentplant characteristics were sampled. Plants were sampled from all 4treatments applied: salinity (100 mM NaCl), low temperature (10±2° C.),low Nitrogen (1.6 mM N) and Normal conditions. Sampling was done at thevegetative stage (V4-5) and RNA was extracted as described above. Eachmicro-array expression information tissue type has received a Set ID assummarized in Table 36-39 below.

TABLE 36 Maize transcriptome expression sets under normal conditions atsemi hydroponics system Set Expression Set ID leaf at vegetative stage(V4-V5) under Normal conditions 1 root tip at vegetative stage (V4-V5)under Normal conditions 2 Table 36: Provided are the Maize transcriptomeexpression sets at normal conditions.

TABLE 37 Maize transcriptome expression sets under cold conditions atsemi hydroponics system Set Expression Set ID leaf at vegetative stage(V4-V5) under cold conditions 1 root tip at vegetative stage (V4-V5)under cold conditions 2 Table 37: Provided are the Maize transcriptomeexpression sets at cold conditions.

TABLE 38 Maize transcriptome expression sets under low nitrogenconditions at semi hydroponics system Set Expression Set ID leaf atvegetative stage (V4-V5) under low nitrogen conditions 1 (1.6 mM N) roottip at vegetative stage (V4-V5) under low nitrogen conditions 2 (1.6 mMN) Table 38: Provided are the Maize transcriptome expression sets at lownitrogen conditions 1.6 mM Nitrogen.

TABLE 39 Maize transcriptome expression sets under high salinityconditions at semi hydroponics system Set Expression Set ID leaf atvegetative stage (V4-V5) under salinity conditions 1 (NaCl 100 mM) roottip at vegetative stage (V4-V5) under salinity conditions 2 (NaCl 100mM) Table 39: Provided are the Maize transcriptome expression sets at100 mM NaCl.

Phenotypic Parameters Assessment

Ten different Maize hybrids were grown and characterized at thevegetative stage (V4-5) for the following parameters:

Leaves dry weight (DW)=leaves dry weight per plant (Average of fiveplants);

Plant height growth—the relative growth rate (RGR) of Plant Height wascalculated using Formula III (above).

Root dry weight (DW)—At the end of the experiment, the root material wascollected, measured and divided by the number of plants (average of fourplants);

Shoot dry weight (DW)—shoot dry weight per plant, all vegetative tissueabove ground (average of four plants) after drying at 70° C. in oven for48 hours;

Shoot fresh weight (F W)—shoot fresh weight per plant, all vegetativetissue above ground (average of four plants);

SPAD [SPAD unit]—Chlorophyll content was determined using a Minolta SPAD502 chlorophyll meter and measurement was performed 30 days post sowing.SPAD meter readings were done on young fully developed leaf. Threemeasurements per leaf were taken per plot.

Root length—the length of the root was measured at V4 developmentalstage.

Data parameters collected are summarized in Tables 40-42 herein below

TABLE 40 Maize correlated parameters (vectors) under cold conditionsCorre- lation Correlated parameter with ID Leaves DW [gr.], under Coldgrowth conditions 1 Plant height growth [cm/day], under Cold growthconditions 2 Root DW [gr.], under Cold growth conditions 3 Root length[cm], under Cold growth conditions 4 Shoot DW [gr.], under Cold growthconditions 5 Shoot FW [gr.], under Cold growth conditions 6 SPAD [SPADunit], under Cold growth conditions 7 Table 40: Provided are the Maizecorrelated parameters under cold conditions. “DW” = dry weight; “gr.” =gram; “cm” = centimeter; “FW” = fresh weight; “SPAD” = chlorophylllevels.

TABLE 41 Maize correlated parameters (vectors) under low nitrogenconditions Corre- lation Correlated parameter with ID Leaves DW [gr],under Low Nitrogen growth conditions 1 Root DW [gr], under Low Nitrogengrowth conditions 2 Shoot DW [gr], under Low Nitrogen growth conditions3 Table 41: Provided are the Maize correlated parameters under lownitrogen conditions. “DW” = dry weight; “gr” = gram; “Low N” = lownitrogen conditions.

TABLE 42 Maize correlated parameters (vectors) under normal and salinitygrowth conditions Corre- lation Correlated parameter with ID Leaves DW[gr.] 1 Plant height growth [cm/day] 2 Root DW [gr.] 3 Root length [cm]4 Shoot DW [gr.] 5 Shoot FW [gr.] 6 SPAD [SPAD unit] 7 Table 42:Provided are the Maize correlated parameters under normal, and salinitygrowth conditions. “DW” = dry weight; “FW” = fresh weight; “SPAD” =chlorophyll levels; “gr” = gram.

Experimental Results

Twelve different maize accessions were grown and characterized fordifferent parameters as described above. Tables 40-42 describe the maizecorrelated parameters. The average for each of the measured parameterswas calculated using the JMP software and values are summarized inTables 43-50 below. Subsequent correlation analyses between the varioustranscriptome sets and the average parameters (Tables 51-54) wereconducted. Follow, results were integrated to the database.

TABLE 43 Maize accessions, measured parameters under low nitrogen growthconditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 10.566 0.451 0.464 0.476 0.355 0.514 2 0.38 0.353 0.255 0.36 0.313 0.2973 2.56 1.96 2.01 1.94 1.94 2.52 Table 43: Provided are the values ofeach of the parameters (as described above) measured in Maize accessions(Line) under low nitrogen conditions. Growth conditions are specified inthe experimental procedure section. “Corr.” = Correlation.

TABLE 44 Maize accessions, measured parameters under low nitrogen growthconditions Line Corr. ID Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 10.529 0.579 0.551 0.51 0.563 0.392 2 0.289 0.306 0.291 0.322 0.43 0.1683 2.03 2.37 2.09 2.17 2.62 1.53 Table 44: Provided are the values ofeach of the parameters (as described above) measured in Maize accessions(Line) under low nitrogen conditions. Growth conditions are specified inthe experimental procedure section. “Corr.” = Correlation.

TABLE 45 Maize accessions, measured parameters under 100 mM NaCl(salinity) growth conditions Corr. Line ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4Line-5 Line-6 1 0.407 0.502 0.432 0.481 0.434 0.564 2 0.457 0.398 0.4540.316 0.322 0.311 3 0.047 0.0503 0.0295 0.071 0.0458 0.0307 4 10.9 11.311.8 10.1 8.5 10.6 7 36.5 39.9 37.8 41.3 40.8 44.4 5 2.43 2.19 2.25 2.261.54 1.94 6 19.6 20.8 18.4 19.4 15.6 16.1 Table 45 Provided are thevalues of each of the parameters (as described above) measured in Maizeaccessions (Line) under 100 mM NaCl gowth conditions. Growth conditionsare specified in the experimental procedure section. “Corr.” =Correlation.

TABLE 46 Additional Maize accessions, measured parameters under 100 mMNaCl (salinity) growth conditions Corr. Line ID Line-7 Line-8 Line-9Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 1 0.327 0.507 0.465 0.984 0.475 0.154 2 0.290.359 0.37 0.355 0.305 0.272 3 0.0954 0.0625 0.0163 0.0355 0.0494 0.01464 10.1 11.8 10.5 11.2 10.1 8.9 7 37.9 43.2 39.8 38.2 38.1 37.8 5 1.781.9 1.89 2.2 1.86 0.97 6 12.5 16.9 16.8 17.6 15.9 9.4 Table 46 Providedare the values of each of the parameters (as described above) measuredin Maize accessions (Line) under 100 mM NaCl growth conditions. Growthconditions are specified in the experimental procedure section. “Corr.”= Correlation.

TABLE 47 Maize accessions, measured parameters under cold growthconditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6Line-7 1 1.19 1.17 1.02 1.18 1.04 1.23 1.13 2 2.15 1.93 2.12 1.8 2.322.15 2.49 3 0.0466 0.0683 0.1 0.0808 0.0659 0.0667 0.1367 7 28.9 29.127.1 32.4 32.7 32.9 31.6 5 5.74 4.86 3.98 4.22 4.63 4.93 4.82 6 73.855.5 51.3 54.9 59 62.4 63.6 Table 47: Provided are the values of each ofthe parameters (as described above) measured in Maize accessions (Line)under cold growth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section. “Corr.” = Correlation.

TABLE 48 Additional Maize accessions, measured parameters under coldgrowth conditions Line/ Corr. ID Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 10.98 0.88 1.28 1.1 0.6 2 2.01 1.95 2.03 1.85 1.21 3 0.0667 0.0733 0.02040.0517 0.0567 7 33 28.6 31.4 30.6 30.7 5 4.03 3.57 3.99 4.64 1.89 6 54.948.2 52.8 55.1 29.6 Table 48: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Maize accessions (Line)under cold growth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section. “Corr.” = Correlation.

TABLE 49 Maize accessions, measured parameters under normal growthconditions Line Corr. Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- ID 1 2 3 4 5 61 1.161 1.099 0.924 1.013 0.935 0.907 2 1.99 1.92 1.93 1.93 2.15 1.95 30.14 0.106 0.227 0.155 0.077 0.049 4 20.1 15.9 18.6 18.7 16.4 14.9 734.5 35.8 34.7 34.4 35.3 37.5 5 5.27 4.67 3.88 5.08 4.1 4.46 6 79 62.859.7 63.9 60.1 64.7 Table 49: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Maize accessions (Line)under regular growth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section. “Corr.” = Correlation.

TABLE 50 Maize accessions, measured parameters under normal growthconditions Line Corr. Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- ID 7 8 9 10 1112 1 1.105 1.006 1.011 1.024 1.23 0.44 2 2.23 1.94 1.97 2.05 1.74 1.26 30.175 0.101 0.069 0.104 0.138 0.03 4 17.5 15.7 15.7 17.6 16.1 17.4 736.5 36.1 33.7 34.3 35.7 29 5 4.68 4.59 4.08 4.61 5.42 2.02 6 68.1 65.858.3 61.9 70 36 Table 50: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Maize accessions (Line)under regular growth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section. “Corr.” = Correlation.

TABLE 51 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal conditions across Maize accessions Gene P Exp.Corr. Gene P Exp. Corr. Name R value set Set ID Name R value set Set IDLGB8 0.72 2.81E−02 2 6 LGB8  0.72 2.87E−02 2 4 LGB8 0.71 3.29E−02 2 3LGM14 0.70 3.52E−02 2 7 LGM19 0.73 1.56E−02 1 7 LGM5  0.90 1.07E−03 2 4Table 51. Provided are the correlations (R) between the genes expressionlevels in various tissues and the phenotypic performance. “Corr. SetID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parameters specifiedin Table 42. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table 36. “R” =Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value.

TABLE 52 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under low nitrogen conditions across Maize accessions GeneExp. Corr. Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set Set ID Name R P value setSet ID LGM14 0.79 1.06E−02 2 1 LGM19 0.75 1.26E−02 1 1 Table 52.Provided are the correlations (R) between the genes expression levels invarious tissues and the phenotypic performance. “Corr. SetID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parameters specifiedin Table 41. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table 38. “R” =Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value.

TABLE 53 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under cold conditions across Maize accessions Corr. Corr.Gene P Exp. Set Gene Exp. Set Name R value set ID Name R P value set IDLGB8 0.72 2.89E−02 2 5 LGM16 0.77 2.60E−02 1 6 LGM16 0.83 1.15E−02 1 5LGM19 0.82 1.19E−02 1 1 LGM21 0.80 1.70E−02 1 3 Table 53. Provided arethe correlations (R) between the genes expression levels in varioustissues and the phenotypic performance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation setID according to the correlated parameters specified in Table 40. “Exp.Set”—Expression set specified in Table 37. “R” = Pearson correlationcoefficient; “P” = p value.

TABLE 54 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under salinity conditions across Maize accessions Gene Exp.Corr. Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set Set ID Name R P value set SetID LGM14 0.77 1.50E−02 2 4 LGM14 0.92 4.56E−04 2 7 LGM4 0.85 3.58E−03 21 LGM4  0.88 1.66E−03 2 7 LGM8 0.73 1.56E−02 1 3 LGM9  0.82 3.85E−03 1 3Table 54. Provided are the correlations (R) between the genes expressionlevels in various tissues and the phenotypic performance. “Corr. SetID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parameters specifiedin Table 42. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table 39. “R” =Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value.

Example 7 Production of Foxtail Millet Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis Using 60K Foxtail Millet OligonucleotideMicro-Array

In order to produce a high throughput correlation analysis comparingbetween plant phenotype and gene expression level, the present inventorsutilized a foxtail millet oligonucleotide micro-array, produced byAgilent Technologies[chem(dot)agilent(dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot)asp?Page=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 60K foxtail millet genes andtranscripts. In order to define correlations between the levels of RNAexpression and yield or vigor related parameters, various plantcharacteristics of 14 different foxtail millet accessions were analyzed.Among them, 11 accessions encompassing the observed variance wereselected for RNA expression analysis. The correlation between the RNAlevels and the characterized parameters was analyzed using Pearsoncorrelation test [davidmlane (dot) com/hyperstat/A34739 (dot) html].

Experimental Procedures

Fourteen foxtail millet varieties were grown in 5 repetitive plots, infield. Briefly, the growing protocol was as follows:

1. Regular growth conditions: foxtail millet plants were grown in thefield using commercial fertilization and irrigation protocols (normalgrowth conditions), which include 283 m³ water per dunam (100 squaremeters) per entire growth period and fertilization of 16 units of URAN®32% (Nitrogen Fertilizer Solution; PCS Sales, Northbrook, Ill., USA).

2. Drought conditions: foxtail millet seeds were sown in soil and grownunder normal condition until the heading stage (22 days from sowing),and then drought treatment was imposed by irrigating plants with 50%water relative to the normal treatment (171 m³ water per dunam perentire growth period).

Analyzed Foxtail millet tissues—All 14 foxtail millet lines were sampleper each treatment. Four tissues [leaf, flower, grain and stem] at 2different developmental stages [flowering, grain filling], representingdifferent plant characteristics were sampled and RNA was extracted asdescribed above. Each micro-array expression information tissue type hasreceived a Set ID as summarized in Tables 55-58 below.

TABLE 55 Foxtail millet transcriptome expression sets under droughtconditions at flowering stage Set Expression Set ID Flower at floweringstage, under drought growth conditions 1 Leaf at flowering stage, underdrought growth conditions 2 Stem at flowering stage, under droughtgrowth conditions 3 Table 55. Provided are the foxtail millettranscriptome expression sets under drought conditions at floweringstage.

TABLE 56 Foxtail millet transcriptome expression sets under droughtconditions at grain filling stage Set Expression Set ID Grain at grainfilling stage, under drought growth conditions 1 Leaf at grain fillingstage, under drought growth conditions 2 Stem at grain filling stage,under drought growth conditions 3 Table 56. Provided are the foxtailmillet transcriptome expression sets under drought conditions at grainfilling stage.

TABLE 57 Foxtail millet transcriptome expression sets under normalconditions at flowering stage Set Expression Set ID Flower at floweringstage, under normal growth conditions 1 Leaf at flowering stage, undernormal growth conditions 2 Table 57. Provided are the foxtail millettranscriptome expression sets under normal conditions at floweringstage.

TABLE 58 Foxtail millet transcriptome expression sets under normalconditions at grain filling stage Set Expression Set ID Grain at grainfilling stage, under normal growth conditions 1 Leaf at grain fillingstage, under normal growth conditions 2 Stem at grain filling stage,under normal growth conditions 3 Table 58. Provided are the foxtailmillet transcriptome expression sets under normal conditions at grainfilling stage.

Foxtail millet yield components and vigor related parametersassessment—Plants were continuously phenotyped during the growth periodand at harvest (Table 59-60, below). The image analysis system includeda personal desktop computer (Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and a publicdomain program—ImageJ 1.37 (Java based image processing program, whichwas developed at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and freelyavailable on the internet [rsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/]. Next, analyzeddata was saved to text files and processed using the JMP statisticalanalysis software (SAS institute).

The following parameters were collected using digital imaging system:

At the end of the growing period the grains were separated from thePlant ‘Head’ and the following parameters were measured and collected:

Average Grain Area (cm²)—A sample of ˜200 grains was weighted,photographed and images were processed using the below described imageprocessing system. The grain area was measured from those images and wasdivided by the number of grains.

Average Grain Length and width (cm)—A sample of ˜200 grains wasweighted, photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The sum of grain lengths and width(longest axis) were measured from those images and were divided by thenumber of grains.

At the end of the growing period 14 ‘Heads’ were photographed and imageswere processed using the below described image processing system.

Average Grain Perimeter (cm)—At the end of the growing period the grainswere separated from the Plant ‘Head’. A sample of ˜200 grains wereweighted, photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The sum of grain perimeter wasmeasured from those images and was divided by the number of grains.

Head Average Area (cm²)—The ‘Head’ area was measured from those imagesand was divided by the number of ‘Heads’.

Head Average Length and width (cm)—The ‘Head’ length and width (longestaxis) were measured from those images and were divided by the number of‘Heads’.

The image processing system was used, which consists of a personaldesktop computer (Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and a public domainprogram—ImageJ 1.37.

Java based image processing software, which was developed at the U.S.National Institutes of Health and is freely available on the internet atrsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/. Images were captured in resolution of 10Mega Pixels (3888×2592 pixels) and stored in a low compression JPEG(Joint Photographic Experts Group standard) format. Next, imageprocessing output data for seed area and seed length was saved to textfiles and analyzed using the JMP statistical analysis software (SASinstitute).

Additional parameters were collected either by sampling 5 plants perplot or by measuring the parameter across all the plants within theplot.

Head weight (Kg.) and head number (num.)—At the end of the experiment,heads were harvested from each plot and were counted and weighted.

Total Grain Yield (gr.)—At the end of the experiment (plant ‘Heads’)heads from plots were collected, the heads were threshed and grains wereweighted. In addition, the average grain weight per head was calculatedby dividing the total grain weight by number of total heads per plot(based on plot).

1000 Seeds weight [gr.]—was calculated based on Formula XIV (above).

Biomass at harvest [kg]—At the end of the experiment the vegetativeportion above ground (excluding roots) from plots was weighted.

Total dry mater per plot [kg]—Calculated as Vegetative portion aboveground plus all the heads dry weight per plot.

Number (num) of days to anthesis—Calculated as the number of days fromsowing till 50% of the plot arrives anthesis.

Maintenance of performance under drought conditions: Represent ratio forthe specified parameter of Drought condition results divided by Normalconditions results (maintenance of phenotype under drought in comparisonto normal conditions).

Data parameters collected are summarized in Tables 61-62, herein below.

TABLE 59 Foxtail millet correlated parameters under drought and normalconditions (vectors) Correlated parameter with Correlation ID 1000 Seedsweight [gr.] 1 Average Grain Area [cm²] 2 Average Grain Length [cm] 3Average Grain Perimeter [cm] 4 Average Grain Width [cm] 5 Biomass atharvest [kg] 6 Head Average Area [cm²] 7 Head Average Length [cm] 8 HeadAverage Width [cm] 9 Head number [num] 10 Number of days to anthesis[num] 11 Total dry matter per plot [kg] 12 Total Grain Yield [gr.] 13Table 59. Provided are the foxtail millet collected parameters underdrought and normal conditions. “gr” = gram; “cm” = centimeter; “num” =number; “kg” = kilogram.

TABLE 60 Foxtail millet correlated parameters under drought vs. normalconditions (maintenance) (vectors) Correlation Correlated parameter withID 1000 Seeds weight [gr.], Drought/Normal 1 Average Grain Area [cm²],Drought/Normal 2 Average Grain Length [cm], Drought/Normal 3 AverageGrain Perimeter [cm], Drought/Normal 4 Average Grain Width [cm],Drought/Normal 5 Biomass at harvest [kg], Drought/Normal 6 Head AverageArea [cm²], Drought/Normal 7 Head Average Length [cm], Drought/Normal 8Head Average Width [cm], Drought/Normal 9 Head number [num],Drought/Normal 10 Total dry matter per plot [kg], Drought/Normal 11Total Grain Yield [gr.], Drought/Normal 12 Table 60. Provided are thefoxtail millet collected parameters under drought vs. normal conditions(maintenance). “gr.” = gram; “cm” = centimeter; “num” = number; “kg” =kilogram.

Experimental Results

Fourteen different foxtail millet accessions were grown andcharacterized for different parameters as described above (Table 59-60).The average for each of the measured parameter was calculated using theJMP software and values are summarized in Tables 61-72 below. Subsequentcorrelation analysis between the various transcriptome sets and theaverage parameters was conducted (Tables 73-77). Follow, results wereintegrated to the database.

TABLE 61 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtail milletaccessions under drought conditions at flowering Corr. Line ID Line-1Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 1 2.64 3.33 2.61 2.29 2.3 2.642.22 2 0.0333 0.0373 0.0335 0.0319 0.0326 0.0334 0.0297 3 0.242 0.2440.25 0.254 0.257 0.25 0.233 4 0.683 0.722 0.689 0.683 0.69 0.692 0.648 50.175 0.194 0.171 0.16 0.162 0.17 0.163 6 1.53 3.46 2.87 2.93 3.02 2.662.98 7 35.7 50.7 18.4 14.9 17.7 9.9 21 8 22.4 21.9 16.5 13.3 14 9.1 15.19 1.87 2.68 1.33 1.33 1.5 1.17 1.67 10 374.4 127 737.8 1100.8 1047.22050 581.5 11 34 41 51 41 41 30 38 13 1141.5 1116.2 988.2 1202.8 1360.5995.2 946.8 12 0.504 0.733 0.798 0.616 0.708 0.47 0.608 Table 61:Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as described above)measured in Foxtail millet accessions (Line). Growth conditions arespecified in the experimental procedure section. “Corr.” = correlation.

TABLE 62 Additional measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtailmillet accessions under drought conditions at flowering Line Line- Line-Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Corr. ID 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 1.84 2.541.69 3.1 2.54 3.24 2.25 2 0.0238 0.0317 0.0252 0.0365 0.0321 0.03910.0301 3 0.194 0.223 0.203 0.261 0.245 0.27 0.242 4 0.569 0.661 0.5930.72 0.675 0.748 0.659 5 0.156 0.181 0.158 0.178 0.167 0.184 0.159 60.77 2.66 2.95 3.23 3.3 2.63 0.89 7 39.9 42.1 43.5 26.9 21.2 7.3 13.1 821.1 20 21.8 20.8 15.8 6.4 9.2 9 2.15 2.36 2.32 1.54 1.59 1.25 1.74 10311.6 147.2 95.4 414.4 667.8 2441 687.5 11 30 38 NA 44 51 31 27 131159.8 1391.4 394.5 1199.5 872.5 873.9 1188 12 0.349 0.437 0.645 0.7480.872 0.523 0.36 Table 62: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Foxtail millet accessions(Line). Growth conditions are specified in the experimental proceduresection.

TABLE 63 Measured parameter of correlation IDs in foxtail milletaccessions under drought conditions at grain filling Corr. Line IDLine-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 1 2.64 3.33 2.61 2.292.3 2.64 2.22 2 0.0333 0.0373 0.0335 0.0319 0.0326 0.0334 0.0297 3 0.2420.244 0.25 0.254 0.257 0.25 0.233 4 0.683 0.722 0.689 0.683 0.69 0.6920.648 5 0.175 0.194 0.171 0.16 0.162 0.17 0.163 6 1.53 3.46 2.87 2.933.02 2.66 2.98 7 35.7 50.7 18.4 14.9 17.7 9.9 21 8 22.4 21.9 16.5 13.314 9.1 15.1 9 1.87 2.68 1.33 1.33 1.5 1.17 1.67 10 374.4 127 737.81100.8 1047.2 2050 581.5 11 34 41 51 41 41 30 38 13 1141.5 1116.2 988.21202.8 1360.5 995.2 946.8 12 0.504 0.733 0.798 0.616 0.708 0.47 0.608Table 63: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (asdescribed above) measured in Foxtail millet accessions (Line). Growthconditions are specified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 64 Additional measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtailmillet accessions under drought conditions at grain filling Line Line-Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Corr. ID 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 1.842.54 1.69 3.1 2.54 3.24 2.25 2 0.0238 0.0317 0.0252 0.0365 0.0321 0.03910.0301 3 0.194 0.223 0.203 0.261 0.245 0.27 0.242 4 0.569 0.661 0.5930.72 0.675 0.748 0.659 5 0.156 0.181 0.158 0.178 0.167 0.184 0.159 60.77 2.66 2.95 3.23 3.3 2.63 0.89 7 39.9 42.1 43.5 26.9 21.2 7.3 13.1 821.1 20 21.8 20.8 15.8 6.4 9.2 9 2.15 2.36 2.32 1.54 1.59 1.25 1.74 10311.6 147.2 95.4 414.4 667.8 2441 687.5 11 30 38 NA 44 51 31 27 131159.8 1391.4 394.5 1199.5 872.5 873.9 1188 12 0.349 0.437 0.645 0.7480.872 0.523 0.36 Table 64: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Foxtail millet accessions(Line). Growth conditions are specified in the experimental proceduresection.

TABLE 65 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtail milletaccessions for Maintenance of performance under drought conditions atflowering Line Corr. Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- ID 1 2 34 5 6 7 1 107.3 97.4 99.9 97.3 95.7 99.5 101.4 2 103.1 101.1 102.8 100.9101.6 99.8 101.1 3 100.7 101.1 100.4 100.4 100.2 99.5 101 4 101.1 100.6101 100.3 100.6 99.4 100.9 5 102.3 100 102.4 100.4 101.3 100.2 100.2 663.8 86.7 90.6 82 84 87.2 73.6 7 94.5 87.6 93.9 87.4 89.5 105.3 91.6 896.7 90.2 94 90 91 106.4 93.9 9 98.2 98.3 99.9 98.4 97.9 98.8 99 10 87.685.1 85.1 91.4 91.3 96.2 77.3 12 78.7 104.5 64.4 76.7 75.8 67.4 59.8 1171.7 85.8 82.9 66.7 78.3 98 66.3 Table 65: Provided are the values ofeach of the parameters (as described above) measured in Foxtail milletaccessions (Line). Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section.

TABLE 66 Additional measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtailmillet accessions for Maintenance of performance under droughtconditions at flowering Line Corr. Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line-Line- ID 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 102.2 94.5 102.7 97.6 97.8 101.7 99.5 2100 98.9 102.7 97.9 96.4 101.2 99.2 3 99.2 100.7 102 99.4 97.8 100.3 994 99.6 99.8 101.8 98.9 98 100.4 99.2 5 100.8 98.2 100.6 98.5 98.5 100.9100.3 6 66.8 83.2 75.5 90.2 89.8 89.5 59.9 7 97.7 93.1 88.2 97.3 87.8102.5 89.4 8 96.6 98.1 93.5 99.7 88.1 101.5 93.8 9 101.3 94.5 95.7 99.5100.4 100.8 95.5 10 79 78.9 72.4 95.4 103.3 87.2 69.1 12 88 65.3 42.163.8 61.1 71.9 91.6 11 77 73.5 64.6 82 85 83.9 77.8 Table 66: Providedare the values of each of the parameters (as described above) measuredin Foxtail millet accessions (Line). Growth conditions are specified inthe experimental procedure section.

TABLE 67 Measure parameters of correlation IDs in foxtail milletaccessions for Maintenance of performance under drought conditions atgrain filling Line Corr. Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- ID 12 3 4 5 6 7 1 107.3 97.4 99.9 97.3 95.7 99.5 101.4 2 103.1 101.1 102.8100.9 101.6 99.8 101.1 3 100.7 101.1 100.4 100.4 100.2 99.5 101 4 101.1100.6 101 100.3 100.6 99.4 100.9 5 102.3 100 102.4 100.4 101.3 100.2100.2 6 63.8 86.7 90.6 82 84 87.2 73.6 7 94.5 87.6 93.9 87.4 89.5 105.391.6 8 96.7 90.2 94 90 91 106.4 93.9 9 98.2 98.3 99.9 98.4 97.9 98.8 9910 87.6 85.1 85.1 91.4 91.3 96.2 77.3 12 78.7 104.5 64.4 76.7 75.8 67.459.8 11 71.7 85.8 82.9 66.7 78.3 98 66.3 Table 67: Provided are thevalues of each of the parameters (as described above) measured inFoxtail millet accessions (Line). Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section.

TABLE 68 Additional measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtailmillet accessions for Maintenance of performance under droughtconditions at grain filling Line Corr. Line- Line- Line- Line- Line-Line- Line- ID 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 102.2 94.5 102.7 97.6 97.8 101.799.5 2 100 98.9 102.7 97.9 96.4 101.2 99.2 3 99.2 100.7 102 99.4 97.8100.3 99 4 99.6 99.8 101.8 98.9 98 100.4 99.2 5 100.8 98.2 100.6 98.598.5 100.9 100.3 6 66.8 83.2 75.5 90.2 89.8 89.5 59.9 7 97.7 93.1 88.297.3 87.8 102.5 89.4 8 96.6 98.1 93.5 99.7 88.1 101.5 93.8 9 101.3 94.595.7 99.5 100.4 100.8 95.5 10 79 78.9 72.4 95.4 103.3 87.2 69.1 12 8865.3 42.1 63.8 61.1 71.9 91.6 11 77 73.5 64.6 82 85 83.9 77.8 Table 68:Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as described above)measured in Foxtail millet accessions (Line). Growth conditions arespecified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 69 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtail milletaccessions under normal conditions at flowering Line Corr. Line- Line-Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2.46 3.42 2.61 2.362.41 2.65 2.18 2 0.0323 0.0369 0.0326 0.0316 0.0321 0.0335 0.0294 3 0.240.242 0.249 0.253 0.256 0.252 0.231 4 0.675 0.717 0.682 0.681 0.6860.697 0.642 5 0.172 0.194 0.167 0.159 0.16 0.17 0.162 6 2.4 3.99 3.173.58 3.6 3.06 4.04 7 37.8 57.9 19.6 17.1 19.8 9.4 22.9 8 23.1 24.2 17.614.8 15.4 8.6 16.1 9 1.91 2.72 1.33 1.36 1.53 1.18 1.68 10 427.6 149.2867 1204 1146.4 2132 752.2 11 34 41 45 41 41 30 38 13 1449.6 1067.91534.9 1567.2 1794.8 1476.1 1582.6 12 0.703 0.854 0.963 0.924 0.9040.479 0.917 Table 69: Provided are the values of each of the parameters(as described above) measured in Foxtail millet accessions (Line).Growth conditions are specified in the experimental procedure section

TABLE 70 Additional measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtailmillet accessions under normal conditions at flowering Line Corr. Line-Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- ID 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 1.8 2.691.65 3.17 2.6 3.18 2.26 2 0.0239 0.032 0.0246 0.0373 0.0333 0.03860.0303 3 0.196 0.221 0.199 0.262 0.25 0.269 0.244 4 0.571 0.662 0.5820.728 0.689 0.745 0.665 5 0.155 0.184 0.157 0.181 0.169 0.183 0.158 61.15 3.2 3.9 3.58 3.68 2.94 1.48 7 40.9 45.3 49.3 27.7 24.2 7.1 14.7 821.9 20.4 23.3 20.9 18 6.4 9.8 9 2.12 2.5 2.43 1.55 1.58 1.24 1.82 10394.2 186.6 131.8 434.2 646.4 2797.8 994.6 11 30 38 51 44 51 31 27 131317.9 2131.6 937.9 1880.2 1427.1 1216.2 1296.7 12 0.453 0.594 0.9980.913 1.027 0.623 0.464 Table 70: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Foxtail millet accessions(Line). Growth conditions are specified in the experimental proceduresection.

TABLE 71 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtail milletaccessions under normal conditions grain filling Line Line- Line- Line-Line- Line- Line- Line- Corr. ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2.46 3.42 2.61 2.362.41 2.65 2.18 2 0.0323 0.0369 0.0326 0.0316 0.0321 0.0335 0.0294 3 0.240.242 0.249 0.253 0.256 0.252 0.231 4 0.675 0.717 0.682 0.681 0.6860.697 0.642 5 0.172 0.194 0.167 0.159 0.16 0.17 0.162 6 2.4 3.99 3.173.58 3.6 3.06 4.04 7 37.8 57.9 19.6 17.1 19.8 9.4 22.9 8 23.1 24.2 17.614.8 15.4 8.6 16.1 9 1.91 2.72 1.33 1.36 1.53 1.18 1.68 10 427.6 149.2867 1204 1146.4 2132 752.2 11 34 41 45 41 41 30 38 13 1449.6 1067.91534.9 1567.2 1794.8 1476.1 1582.6 12 0.703 0.854 0.963 0.924 0.9040.479 0.917 Table 71: Provided are the values of each of the parameters(as described above) measured in Foxtail millet accessions (Line).Growth conditions are specified in the experimental procedure section

TABLE 72 Additional measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtailmillet accessions under normal conditions at grain filling Line Corr.Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- ID 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 1.82.69 1.65 3.17 2.6 3.18 2.26 2 0.0239 0.032 0.0246 0.0373 0.0333 0.03860.0303 3 0.196 0.221 0.199 0.262 0.25 0.269 0.244 4 0.571 0.662 0.5820.728 0.689 0.745 0.665 5 0.155 0.184 0.157 0.181 0.169 0.183 0.158 61.15 3.2 3.9 3.58 3.68 2.94 1.48 7 40.9 45.3 49.3 27.7 24.2 7.1 14.7 821.9 20.4 23.3 20.9 18 6.4 9.8 9 2.12 2.5 2.43 1.55 1.58 1.24 1.82 10394.2 186.6 131.8 434.2 646.4 2797.8 994.6 11 30 38 51 44 51 31 27 131317.9 2131.6 937.9 1880.2 1427.1 1216.2 1296.7 12 0.453 0.594 0.9980.913 1.027 0.623 0.464 Table 72: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Foxtail millet accessions(Line). Growth conditions are specified in the experimental proceduresection.

TABLE 73 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under drought conditions at flowering stage across foxtailmillet varieties Gene P Exp. Corr. Gene P Exp. Corr. Name R value setSet ID Name R value set Set ID LGB4 0.72 2.79E−02 3 4 LGB4 0.73 2.62E−023 2 Table 73. Provided are the correlations (R) between the genesexpression levels in various tissues and the phenotypic performance.“Corr. Set ID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parametersspecified in Table 59. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table 55.“R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value.

TABLE 74 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal conditions at flowering stage across foxtailmillet varieties Corr. Set Gene Name R P value Exp. set ID LGB2 0.751.27E−02 2 13 Table 74. Provided are the correlations (R) between thegenes expression levels in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation set ID according to thecorrelated parameters specified in Table 59. “Exp. Set”—Expression setspecified in Table 57. “R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = pvalue.

TABLE 75 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal conditions at grain filling stage acrossfoxtail millet varieties Corr. Corr. Gene Exp. Set Gene P Exp. Set NameR P value set ID Name R value set ID LGB2 0.74 3.78E−02 3 13 LGB2 0.824.56E−02 1 8 LGB4 0.91 1.29E−02 1 10 LGB4 0.85 3.37E−02 1 3 LGB5 0.953.09E−03 1 8 LGB5 0.78 6.98E−02 1 7 Table 75. Provided are thecorrelations (R) between the genes expression levels in various tissuesand the phenotypic performance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation set IDaccording to the correlated parameters specified in Table 59. “Exp.Set”—Expression set specified in Table 58. “R” = Pearson correlationcoefficient; “P” = p value.

TABLE 76 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance of maintenance of performance under drought vs. normalconditions at flowering stage across foxtail millet varieties Gene Exp.Corr. Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set Set ID Name R P value set SetID LGB2 0.74 9.51E−03 2 1 LGB4 0.78 7.25E−03 1 7 LGB4 0.73 1.56E−02 1 8LGB5 0.83 5.65E−03 3 1 Table 76. Provided are the correlations (R)between the genes expression levels in various tissues and thephenotypic performance. “Corr. Set ID”—ccorrelation set ID according tothe correlated parameters specified in Table 60. “Exp. Set”—Expressionset specified in Table 55. “R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” =p value.

TABLE 77 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance of maintenance of performance under drought vs. normalconditions at grain filling stage across foxtail millet varieties GeneExp. Corr. Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set Set ID Name R P value setSet ID LGB2 0.77 7.51E−02 1 1 LGB2 0.75 8.54E−02 1 5 LGB2 0.72 1.80E−022 2 LGB2 0.71 2.25E−02 2 4 LGB2 0.81 4.34E−03 3 12 LGB4 0.79 6.17E−03 25 LGB4 0.78 7.84E−03 3 1 LGB5 0.79 6.05E−02 1 1 LGB5 0.75 8.36E−02 1 2LGB5 0.74 8.94E−02 1 5 LGB5 0.81 4.83E−03 2 1 Table 77. Provided are thecorrelations (R) between the genes expression levels in various tissuesand the phenotypic performance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation set IDaccording to the correlated parameters specified in Table 60. “Exp.Set”—Expression set specified in Table 56. “R” = Pearson correlationcoefficient; “P” = p value.

Example 8 Production of Barley Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis Using 44K Barley Oligonucleotide Micro-Array

In order to produce a high throughput correlation analysis comparingbetween plant phenotype and gene expression level under normalconditions, the present inventors utilized a Barley oligonucleotidemicro-array, produced by Agilent Technologies[chem(dot)agilent(dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot) asp?lPage=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 44,000 Barley genes and transcripts. Inorder to define correlations between the levels of RNA expression andyield or vigor related parameters, various plant characteristics of 25different Barley accessions were analyzed. Among them, 13 accessionsencompassing the observed variance were selected for RNA expressionanalysis. The correlation between the RNA levels and the characterizedparameters was analyzed using Pearson correlation test[davidmlane(dot)com/hyperstat/A34739 (dot)html].

Experimental Procedures

Analyzed Barley tissues—Four tissues at different developmental stages[meristem, flowering spike, booting spike, stem], representing differentplant characteristics, were sampled and RNA was extracted as describedabove. Each micro-array expression information tissue type has receiveda Set ID as summarized in Table 78 below.

TABLE 78 Barley transcriptome expression sets Expression Set Set IDBooting spike at flowering stage under normal conditions 1 Floweringspike at flowering stage under normal conditions 2 Meristem at floweringstage under normal conditions 3 Stem at flowering stage under normalconditions 4 Table 78. Provided are the Barley transcriptome expressionsets.

Barley yield components and vigor related parameters assessment—25Barley accessions in 4 repetitive blocks (named A, B, C, and D), eachcontaining 4 plants per plot were grown at net house. Plants werephenotyped on a daily basis following the standard descriptor of barley(Table 79, below). Harvest was conducted while 50% of the spikes weredry to avoid spontaneous release of the seeds. Plants were separated tothe vegetative part and spikes, of them, 5 spikes were threshed (grainswere separated from the glumes) for additional grain analysis such assize measurement, grain count per spike and grain yield per spike. Allmaterial was oven dried and the seeds were threshed manually from thespikes prior to measurement of the seed characteristics (weight andsize) using scanning and image analysis. The image analysis systemincluded a personal desktop computer (Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and apublic domain program Image) 1.37 [Java based image processing program,which was developed at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and freelyavailable on the internet [rsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/]. Next, analyzeddata was saved to text files and processed using the JMP statisticalanalysis software (SAS institute).

TABLE 79 Barley standard descriptors Trait Parameter Range DescriptionGrowth habit Scoring 1-9 Prostrate (1) or Erect (9) Hairiness of ScoringP (Presence)/A Absence (1) or Presence (2) basal leaves (Absence) StemScoring 1-5 Green (1), Basal only or Half or pigmentation more (5) Daysto Days Days from sowing to emergence of Flowering awns Plant heightCentimeter (cm) Height from ground level to top of the longest spikeexcluding awns Spikes per Number Terminal Counting plant Spike lengthCentimeter (cm) Terminal Counting 5 spikes per plant Grains per NumberTerminal Counting 5 spikes per plant spike Vegetative Gram Oven-driedfor 48 hours at 70° C. dry weight Spikes dry Gram Oven-dried for 48hours at 30° C. weight Table 79

Grains per spike—At the end of the experiment (50% of the spikes weredry) all spikes from plots within blocks A-D were collected. The totalnumber of grains from 5 spikes that were manually threshed was counted.The average grain per spike is calculated by dividing the total grainnumber by the number of spikes.

Grain average size (cm)—At the end of the experiment (50% of the spikeswere dry) all spikes from plots within blocks A-D were collected. Thetotal grains from 5 spikes that were manually threshed were scanned andimages were analyzed using the digital imaging system. Grain scanningwas done using Brother scanner (model DCP-135), at the 200 dpiresolution and analyzed with Image J software. The average grain sizewas calculated by dividing the total grain size by the total grainnumber.

Grain average weight (mgr)—At the end of the experiment (50% of thespikes were dry) all spikes from plots within blocks A-D were collected.The total grains from 5 spikes that were manually threshed were countedand weight. The average weight was calculated by dividing the totalweight by the total grain number. “Mgr”=milligrams.

Grain yield per spike (gr.)—At the end of the experiment (50% of thespikes were dry) all spikes from plots within blocks A-D were collected.The total grains from 5 spikes that were manually threshed were weight.The grain yield was calculated by dividing the total weight by the spikenumber.

Spike length analysis—At the end of the experiment (50% of the spikeswere dry) all spikes from plots within blocks A-D were collected. Thefive chosen spikes per plant were measured using measuring tapeexcluding the awns.

Spike number analysis—At the end of the experiment (0.50% of the spikeswere dry) all spikes from plots within blocks A-D were collected. Thespikes per plant were counted.

Growth habit scoring—At the growth stage 10 (booting), each of theplants was scored for its growth habit nature. The scale that was usedwas “1” for prostate nature till “9” for erect.

Hairiness of basal leaves—At the growth stage 5 (leaf sheath stronglyerect; end of tillering), each of the plants was scored for itshairiness nature of the leaf before the last. The scale that was usedwas “1” for prostate nature till “9” for erect.

Plant height—At the harvest stage (50% of spikes were dry) each of theplants was measured for its height using measuring tape. Height wasmeasured from ground level to top of the longest spike excluding awns.

Days to flowering—Each of the plants was monitored for flowering date.Days of flowering was calculated from sowing date till flowering date.

Stem pigmentation—At the growth stage 10 (booting), each of the plantswas scored for its stem color. The scale that was used was “1” for greentill “5” for full purple.

Vegetative dry weight and spike yield—At the end of the experiment (50%of the spikes were dry) all spikes and vegetative material from plotswithin blocks A-D were collected. The biomass and spikes weight of eachplot was separated, measured and divided by the number of plants.

Dry weight=total weight of the vegetative portion above ground(excluding roots) after drying at 70° C. in oven for 48 hours.

Spike yield per plant=total spike weight per plant (gr.) after drying at30° C. in oven for 48 hours.

Harvest Index (for barley)—The harvest index is calculated using FormulaXVIII (above).

Data parameters collected are summarized in Table 80, herein below

TABLE 80 Barley correlated parameters (vectors) Correlation Correlatedparameter with ID Days to flowering [days], under Normal growthconditions 1 Grain average size [cm], under Normal growth conditions 2Grain average weight [mg], under Normal growth 3 conditions Grains perspike [num], under Normal growth conditions 4 Grain yield per spike[gr], under Normal growth conditions 5 Growth habit scoring [num], underNormal growth 6 conditions Hairiness of basal leaves [num], under Normalgrowth 7 conditions Plant height [cm], under Normal growth conditions 8Spike length analysis [cm], under Normal growth 9 conditions Spikenumber analysis [num], under Normal growth 10 conditions Stempigmentation 11 Vegetative DW [gr.], under Normal growth conditions 12Table 80. Provided are the barley correlated parameters. “gr.” = Grams;“cm” = centimeters; “mg” = milligrams; “num” = number; “DW” = dryweight.

Experimental Results

13 different Barley accessions were grown and characterized forparameters as described above. The average for each of the measuredparameters was calculated using the JMP software and values aresummarized in Table 81 below. Subsequent correlation analysis betweenthe various transcriptome sets and the measured parameters was conducted(Table 88). Follow, results were integrated to the database.

TABLE 81 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in Barley accessionsLine Corr. Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 162.4 64.1 65.2 58.9 63 70.5 52.8 2 0.265 0.229 0.244 0.166 0.295 0.2750.22 3 35 28.1 28.8 17.9 41.2 29.7 25.2 5 3.56 2.54 2.58 1.57 3.03 2.521.55 4 20.2 18 17.3 17.7 14.5 16.8 12.1 6 2.6 2 1.92 3.17 4.33 2.69 3.67 1.53 1.33 1.69 1.08 1.42 1.69 1.3 8 134.3 130.5 138.8 114.6 127.8129.4 103.9 9 12 10.9 11.8 9.9 11.7 11.5 8.9 10 48.8 48.3 37.4 61.9 33.341.7 40 11 1.13 2.5 1.69 1.75 2.33 2.31 1.7 12 78.9 66.1 68.5 53.4 68.374.2 35.4 Table 81. Provided are the values of each of the parameters(as described above) measured in Barley accessions (line). Growthconditions are specified in the experimental procedure section. “Corr.”= correlation.

TABLE 82 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in Barley accessionsLine Corr. Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- ID 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 60.958.1 53 60A 64.6 56 2 0.278 0.187 0.224 0.273 0.271 0.178 3 35 20.6 27.537.1 29.6 19.6 5 2.62 2.3 1.68 2.68 2.35 1.67 4 14.1 21.5 12.1 13.4 15.317.1 6 3.5 3 3.67 2.47 3.5 3 7 1.19 1 1.17 1.6 1.08 1.17 8 121.6 126.899.8 121.4 118.4 117.2 9 11.2 11.1 8.6 10.2 10.5 9.8 10 40.6 62 49.350.6 43.1 51.4 11 2.19 2.3 1.83 3.07 1.58 2.17 12 58.3 62.2 38.3 68.356.1 42.7 Table 82. Provided are the values of each of the parameters(as described above) measured in Barley accessions (line). Growthconditions are specified in the experimental procedure section. “Corr.”= correlation.

TABLE 83 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal fertilization conditions across barleyaccessions Corr. Corr. Gene Exp. Set Gene P Exp. Set Name R P value setID Name R value set ID LGA1 0.77 8.85E−03 2 6 LGA1 0.77 5.58E−03 3 10Table 83. Provided are the correlations (R) between the genes expressionlevels in various tissues and the phenotypic performance. “Corr. SetID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parameters specifiedin Table 80. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table 78. “R” =Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value.

Example 9 Production of Barley Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis Using 60K Barley Oligonucleotide Micro-Array

In order to produce a high throughput correlation analysis comparingbetween plant phenotype and gene expression level, the present inventorsutilized a Barley oligonucleotide micro-array, produced by AgilentTechnologies [(dot)chem(dot)agilen(dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot)asp?lPage=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 60K Barley genes and transcripts. Inorder to define correlations between the levels of RNA expression andyield or vigor related parameters, various plant characteristics of 15different Barley accessions were analyzed. Among them, 10 accessionsencompassing the observed variance were selected for RNA expressionanalysis. The correlation between the RNA levels and the characterizedparameters was analyzed using Pearson correlation test [davidmlane(dot)com/hyperstat/A34739(dot)html].

Experimental Procedures

Analyzed Barley tissues—Six tissues stages [leaf, meristem, root tip,adventitious (Adv.) root, spike, stem] at different developmental stages[vegetative (V), reproductive], representing different plantcharacteristics, were sampled and RNA was extracted as described above.Each micro-array expression information tissue type has received a SetID as summarized in Tables 84-86 below.

TABLE 84 Barley transcriptome expression sets under drought and recoveryconditions Set Expression Set ID Booting spike at reproductive underdrought growth conditions 1 Leaf at reproductive under drought growthconditions 2 Leaf at vegetative stage under drought growth conditions 3Meristems at vegetative stage under drought growth conditions 4 Root tipat vegetative stage under drought growth conditions 5 Root tip atvegetative stage under drought recovery growth conditions 6 Table 84.Provided are the barley transcriptome expression sets under drought andrecovery conditions.

TABLE 85 Barley transcriptome expression sets under normal and lownitrogen conditions (set 1) Expression Set Set ID Adventitious rootsunder low nitrogen conditions 1 Adventitious roots under normalconditions 2 Leaf under low nitrogen conditions 3 Leaf under normalconditions 4 Root tip under low nitrogen conditions 5 Root tip undernormal conditions 6 Table 85. Provided are the barley transcriptomeexpression sets under normal and low nitrogen conditions (set 1 -vegetative stage).

TABLE 86 Barley transcriptome expression sets under normal and lownitrogen conditions (set 2) Set Expression Set ID Booting spike atreproductive stage under low Nitrogen growth 1 conditions Booting spikeat reproductive stage under Normal growth conditions 2 Leaf atreproductive/stage under low Nitrogen growth conditions 3 Leaf atreproductive/stage under Normal growth conditions 4 Stem at reproductivestage under low Nitrogen growth conditions 5 Stem at reproductive stageunder normal growth conditions 6 Table 86. Provided are the barleytranscriptome expression sets under normal and low nitrogen conditions(set 2 - reproductive stage).

Barley yield components and vigor related parameters assessment—15Barley accessions in 5 repetitive blocks, each containing 5 plants perpot were grown at net house. Three different treatments were applied:plants were regularly fertilized and watered during plant growth untilharvesting (as recommended for commercial growth, normal growthconditions which included irrigation 2-3 times a week, and fertilizationgiven in the first 1.5 months of the growth period); under low Nitrogen(80% percent less Nitrogen); or under drought stress (cycles of droughtand re-irrigating were conducted throughout the whole experiment,overall 40% less water were given in the drought treatment). Plants werephenotyped on a daily basis following the parameters listed in Tables87-89 below. Harvest was conducted while all the spikes were dry. Allmaterial was oven dried and the seeds were threshed manually from thespikes prior to measurement of the seed characteristics (weight andsize) using scanning and image analysis. The image analysis systemincluded a personal desktop computer (Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and apublic domain program—ImageJ 1.37 (Java based image processing program,which was developed at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and freelyavailable on the internet [rsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/]. Next, analyzeddata was saved to text files and processed using the JMP statisticalanalysis software (SAS institute).

Grain yield (gr.)—At the end of the experiment all spikes of the potswere collected. The total grains from all spikes that were manuallythreshed were weighted. The grain yield was calculated by per plot orper plant.

Spike length and width analysis—At the end of the experiment the lengthand width of five chosen spikes per plant were measured using measuringtape excluding the awns.

Spike number analysis—The spikes per plant were counted.

Plant height—Each of the plants was measured for its height usingmeasuring tape. Height was measured from ground level to top of thelongest spike excluding awns at two time points at the Vegetative growth(30 days after sowing) and at harvest.

Spike weight—The biomass and spikes weight of each plot was separated,measured and divided by the number of plants.

Dry weight=total weight of the vegetative portion above ground(excluding roots) after drying at 70° C. in oven for 48 hours at twotime points at the Vegetative growth (30 days after sowing) and atharvest.

Spikelet per spike=number of spikelets per spike was counted.

Root/Shoot Ratio—The Root/Shoot Ratio is calculated using Formula XXII(above).

Total No. of tillers—all tillers were counted per plot at two timepoints at the Vegetative growth (30 days after sowing) and at harvest.

Percent of reproductive tillers—was calculated based on Formula XXVI(above).

SPAD [SPAD unit]—Chlorophyll content was determined using a Minolta SPAD502 chlorophyll meter and measurement was performed at time offlowering. SPAD meter readings were done on young fully developed leaf.Three measurements per leaf were taken per plot.

Root FW (gr.), root length (cm) and No. of lateral roots—3 plants perplot were selected for measurement of root weight, root length and forcounting the number of lateral roots formed.

Shoot FW (fresh weight)—weight of 3 plants per plot were recorded atdifferent time-points.

Average Grain Area (cm²)—At the end of the growing period the grainswere separated from the spike. A sample of ˜200 grains was weighted,photographed and images were processed using the below described imageprocessing system. The grain area was measured from those images and wasdivided by the number of grains.

Average Grain Length and width (cm)—At the end of the growing period thegrains were separated from the spike. A sample of ˜200 grains wasweighted, photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The sum of grain lengths or width(longest axis) was measured from those images and was divided by thenumber of grains

Average Grain perimeter (cm)—At the end of the growing period the grainswere separated from the spike. A sample of ˜200 grains was weighted,photographed and images were processed using the below described imageprocessing system. The sum of grain perimeter was measured from thoseimages and was divided by the number of grains.

Heading date—the day in which booting stage was observed was recordedand number of days from sowing to heading was calculated.

Relative water content—was calculated based on Formula I.

Harvest Index (for barley)—The harvest index is calculated using FormulaXVIII (above).

Relative growth rate: the relative growth rates (RGR) of Plant Height,SPAD and number of tillers were calculated based on Formulas III, IV andV respectively.

RATIO Drought/Normal: Represent ratio for the specified parameter ofDrought condition results divided by Normal conditions results(maintenance of phenotype under drought in comparison to normalconditions).

Data parameters collected are summarized in Table 87-89, hereinbelow

TABLE 87 Barley correlated parameters (vectors) under drought or droughtrecovery conditions Correlation Correlated parameter with ID Grain yield[gr.] 1 Harvest index 2 Heading date [days] 3 No. of lateral roots [num]4 Plant height TP1 [cm] 5 Plant height TP2 [cm] 6 Relative water content[%] 7 RGR of Plant Height [cm/day] 8 RGR of SPAD [SPAD unit/day] 9 RGRof Tillers [tiller/day] 10 Root FW [gr.] 11 Root length [cm] 12 Shoot FW[gr.] 13 Spike length [cm] 14 Spike number [num] 15 Spike weight [gr.]16 Spike width [cm] 17 Total No. of tillers TP1 [num] 18 Total No. oftillers TP2 [num] 19 Table 87. Provided are the barley correlatedparameters. “DW” = dry weight; “gr = gram; “num” = number; “cm” =centimeter; “RGR” = relative growth rate; “TP” = time point.

TABLE 88 Barley correlated parameters (vectors) under low nitrogen andnormal growth conditions (set 1) Correlated parameter with CorrelationID Grain yield [gr.], Normal 1 Grain yield [gr.], Low N 2 No. of lateralroots [num], Normal 3 No. of lateral roots [num], Low N 4 Plant heightTP1 [cm], Normal 5 Plant height TP1 [cm], Low N 6 Plant height TP2 [cm],Normal 7 Plant height TP2 [cm], Low N 8 Root FW [gr.], Normal 9 Root FW[gr.], Low N 10 Root length [cm], Normal 11 Root length [cm], Low N 12Shoot FW [gr.], Normal 13 Shoot FW [gr.], Low N 14 SPAD [SPAD unit],Normal 15 SPAD [SPAD unit], Low N 16 Spike length [cm], Normal 17 Spikelength [cm], Low N 18 Spike number [num], Normal 19 Spike number [num],Low N 20 Spike weight [gr.], Normal 21 Spike weight [gr.], Low N 27Spike width [cm], Normal 23 Spike width [cm], Low N 24 Total No. oftillers [num], Normal 25 Total No. of tillers [num], Low N 26 Table 88.Provided are the barley correlated parameters. “TP” = time point; “DW” =dry weight; “FW” = fresh weight; “Low N” = Low Nitrogen growthconditions; “Normal” = regular growth conditions. “Max” = maximum; “gr.”= gram; “num” = number; “cm” = centimeter.

TABLE 89 Barley correlated parameters (vectors) under low nitrogen ornormal conditions (set 2) Correlated parameter with Corr. ID AverageGrain Area (H) [cm²] 1 Grain yield per plant (reproductive) [gr.] 2Grain yield per plot (reproductive) [gr.] 3 Percent of reproductivetillers [%] 4 Plant height (reproductive) TP2 [cm] 5 Total No. oftillers TP2 (H) [num] 6 Table 89. Provided are the barley correlatedparameters. “TP” = time point; “DW” = dry weight; “FW” = fresh weight;“Low N” = Low Nitrogen growth conditions; “Normal” = regular growthconditions. “Max” = maximum; “gr.” = gram; “H” = harvest; “cm” =centimeter; “nun” = number.

Experimental Results

15 different Barley accessions were grown and characterized fordifferent parameters as described above. Tables 87-89 describe theBarley correlated parameters. The average for each of the measuredparameters was calculated using the MP software and values aresummarized in 90-98 below. Subsequent correlation analysis between thevarious transcriptome sets and the average parameters (Tables 99-101)was conducted. Follow, results were integrated to the database.

TABLE 90 Measured parameters correlation IDs in Barley accessions underdrought and recovery conditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3Line-4 Line-5 1 5.55 9.8 3.55 7.2 5.28 2 0.474 0.66 0.526 0.687 0.526 375 71 65 66.8 4 8.33 8.67 7.33 7.67 6.67 5 33.3 27 31.3 34.2 31.3 6 4652.8 35 38 45.2 8 0.273 0.856 0.733 0.881 0.401 9 0.087 −0.123 0.0010.01 0.037 10 0.07 0.097 0.059 0.071 0.164 7 80.6 53.4 55.9 43.2 11 2.071.48 1.12 1.87 1.67 12 21.7 20.3 22 24 20.7 13 1.9 1.52 1.17 1.95 1.9 1416.7 16.8 13.3 13.5 14.2 15 4.2 4.36 7.6 8.44 4.92 16 17.7 24.2 18.2 1819.5 17 8.64 9.07 7.82 7.32 8.74 18 2 2 1.67 1.67 2 19 11.7 9 10.9 10.210.3 Table 90. Provided are the values of each of the parameters (asdescribed above in Table 87) measured in Barley accessions (line) underdrought growth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section.

TABLE 91 Additional measured parameters of correlation IDs in Barleyaccessions under drought and recovery conditions Line Corr. ID Line-6Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 1 7.75 9.92 10.25 8.5 14.03 2 0.686 0.6870.752 0.6 0.809 3 90 90 90 4 6.67 7.67 6.67 6 8.67 5 30.3 28.7 38.7 33.728.4 6 48 37.7 41.2 40.8 49.9 8 0.939 0.699 0.713 0.774 0.8 9 −0.0720.013 0.003 −0.063 0.035 10 0.061 0.104 0.049 0.1 0.061 7 69.8 45.5 76.587.4 11 1.68 1.62 0.85 1.45 1.38 12 18.3 21 20.3 21.7 19.7 13 1.22 1.751.58 1.88 1.73 14 15.6 15.7 17.5 16 18.3 15 3.43 6.9 5.8 8.55 9.67 16 1523.4 28.2 22 33 17 7.62 6.98 8.05 6.06 6.72 18 1.67 2.33 1 2.33 3 19 8.813 7.4 13.9 11 Table 91. Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above in Table 87) measured in Barleyaccessions (line) under drought growth conditions. Growth conditions arespecified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 92 Additional measured parameters of correlation IDs in Barleyaccessions under drought and recovery conditions Line Corr. ID Line-11Line-12 Line-13 Line-14 Line-15 1 17.52 2.05 5.38 11 2.56 2 0.869 0.2860.439 0.78 0.406 3 90 81.6 90 4 7.67 6.33 7 7 6.67 5 27.5 25 27 31 22.36 43 47.4 64.8 52.6 32 8 0.915 0.388 0.884 −0.13 0.198 9 0.05 −0.004−0.072 0.025 −0.063 10 0.063 0.183 0.149 0.022 0.442 7 58.3 80.6 73.1 110.82 0.58 0.63 1.07 0.7 12 16.7 17 15.2 27 15 13 1 0.9 0.9 1.43 0.83 1417.4 14.2 14.8 16.5 12.7 15 5.42 3.05 4.07 3.72 3.21 16 34.8 11.7 18.821 9.9 17 9.55 7.84 7.81 8.35 5.47 18 1 1 1 1 1 19 6.8 8.4 9.2 5.1 16.1Table 92. Provided are the values of each of the parameters (asdescribed above in Table 87) measured in Barley accessions (line) underdrought growth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section.

TABLE 93 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in Barley accessionsunder low nitrogen and normal conditions (set 1) Line Corr. ID Line-1Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 2 9.767.31 3.3 5.06 6.02 9.74 7.35 5.8 7.83 6.29 1 46.4 19.8 10.8 22.6 30.354.1 37 42 35.4 38.3 4 5 6 4.33 6 6.33 6 6.67 4.67 5.67 7.33 6 41 8261.4 59.4 65.8 47.8 53.8 56.4 81.8 44.6 8 16.3 18.8 17.3 26 22.5 18.219.7 19.8 19.2 19.2 10 0.383 0.233 0.117 0.4 0.883 0.5 0.433 0.317 0.30.55 12 24.7 21.7 22 21.7 22.2 23 30.5 22.8 23.8 24.5 16 24 23.3 26.523.9 26.6 23.2 25.4 24.2 25 26.1 14 0.433 0.433 0.333 0.583 0.783 0.5330.45 0.433 0.5 0.617 18 15.2 19.6 16.3 19.3 90.2 16.4 20.4 18.8 18.816.6 20 12.2 9 11.6 25 7.8 14.5 15 7 5.4 8.4 22 13.7 13.4 9.2 11.6 11.315.1 12.2 10.9 12.2 10.6 24 7.95 8.13 9.43 4.94 9.6 7.16 7.06 8.51 10.019.4 26 16.2 14.6 16 20.8 12.5 18.8 21.2 11 6.8 14 Table 93. Provided arethe values of each of the parameters (as described above in Tabe 88)measured in Barley accessions (line) under low N and normal growthconditions. Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section.

TABLE 94 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in Barley accessionsunder normal conditions (set 1) Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 3 7 8.67 8.33 9.6710.7 9.67 9.67 8.67 10 9.67 5 39.2 37 36.8 49.8 46.8 34.8 43.2 35.7 46.240.2 7 64.7 84 67.4 82 72 56.6 65.8 62.8 91.6 66.2 9 0.267 0.267 0.250.35 0.617 0.267 0.35 0.317 0.233 0.267 11 21.3 15 21.8 20.3 27.2 16 2413.5 21.5 15.2 15 39.1 41.4 35.2 33.7 34.2 42.8 37 36.9 35 36.8 13 2.171.9 1.25 3 15.6 3.02 2.58 1.75 2.18 1.82 17 16.5 19.2 18.3 20.4 17.219.1 20.3 21.7 16.5 16.1 19 41.5 32 36 71.4 34.2 45.6 49.8 28 19.3 38 2169.4 39.4 34.9 50.3 60.8 79.1 62.7 60 55.9 59.7 23 9.54 9.05 8.25 6.5510.5 8.83 7.38 10.4 10.2 10.3 25 46.7 41.6 40 48.8 34.6 48.6 49.2 2927.5 38.8 Table 94. Provided are the values of each of the parameters(as described above in Table 88) measured in Barley accessions (line)under normal growth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section.

TABLE 95 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in Barley accessionsunder normal conditions (set 2) Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 Line-8 1 0.246 0.241 0.238 0.232 0.237 0.2480.244 0.218 2 6.65 3.96 9.27 7.65 6.06 10.83 7.94 7.4 3 33.2 19.8 46.438.3 30.3 54.1 39.7 37 4 82.3 77.7 86.7 94.2 89.7 93.7 89.5 90.3 5 76.484 64.7 66.2 72 56.6 68 65.8 6 44.2 41.6 46.7 38.8 34.6 48.6 32.4 55.2Table 95. Provided are the values of each of the parameters (asdescribed above in Table 89) measured in Barley accessions (line) undernormal growth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section.

TABLE 96 Additional measured parameters of correlation IDs in Barleyaccessions under normal conditions (set 2) Corr. Line ID Line-9 Line-10Line-11 Line-12 Line-13 Line-14 Line-15 1 0.232 0.223 0.235 0.213 0.1770.191 0.174 2 4.52 8.41 2 8.05 7.07 0.75 1.14 3 22.6 39.7 10.8 40.3 35.43.7 5.7 4 91.2 92.5 91.7 85.3 5 82 62.8 67.4 76.2 91.6 44 52.8 6 50.6 2940 28.5 27.5 26 Table 96 Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above in Table 89) measured in Barleyaccessions (line) under normal growth conditions. Growth conditions arespecified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 97 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in Barley accessionsunder low nitrogen conditions (set 2) Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 Line-8 1 0.25 0.251 0.255 0.235 0.249 0.2270.227 0.205 2 1.34 1.46 1.95 1.26 1.13 1.95 1.28 1.47 3 6.68 7.31 9.766.29 5.67 9.74 6.4 7.35 4 68.7 61.8 76.9 59.6 65.6 79.8 73.8 71 5 75.282 41 44.6 65.8 47.8 60.6 53.8 6 16 14.6 16.2 14 12.5 18.8 11.6 21.2Table 97. Provided are the values of each of the parameters (asdescribed above in Table 89) measured in Barley accessions (line) underlow N growth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section.

TABLE 98 Additional measured parameters of correlation IDs in Barleyaccessions under low nitrogen conditions (set 2) Corr. Line ID Line-9Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 Line-13 Line-14 Line-15 1 0.235 0.201 0.2220.234 0.193 0.19 0.17 2 0.98 1.16 0.92 1.33 1.57 0.29 0.22 3 5.06 5.434.62 6.67 7.83 1.44 1.12 4 95.8 64.9 68.8 74.2 81.4 37.1 5 59.4 56.461.4 65.6 81.8 69 57.4 6 23.5 11 16 10.8 6.8 35 Table 98. Provided arethe values of each of the parameters (as described above in Table 89)measured in Barley accessions (line) under low N growth conditions.Growth conditions are specified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 99 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under drought and recovery conditions across Barleyaccessions Gene P Exp. Corr. Gene P Exp. Corr. Name R value set Set IDName R value set Set ID LGA1 0.77 7.57E−02 1 16 LGA1 0.82 4.50E−02 1 14LGA1 0.87 4.46E−03 3 16 LGA1 0.83 1.09E−02 3 1 LGA1 0.75 3.05E−02 3 18LGA1 0.77 2.47E−02 3 2 LGA1 0.83 1.97E−02 2 5 LGA1 0.78 6.65E−02 5 3LGA2 0.85 3.13E−02 1 6 LGA2 0.72 1.07E−01 1 16 LGA2 0.77 7.28E−02 1 2LGA2 0.75 3.26E−02 3 9 LGA2 0.72 2.77E−02 6 1 LGA2 0.76 1.85E−02 6 2LGA2 0.73 6.43E−02 2 12 LGA2 0.87 9.97E−03 2 5 LGA2 0.90 1.41E−02 5 3LGA2 0.77 2.46E−02 5 18 LGA2 0.75 2.06E−02 4 18 LGA2 0.80 1.02E−02 4 15Table 99. Provided are the correlations (R) between the genes expressionlevels in various tissues and the phenotypic performance. “Corr. SetID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parameters specifiedin Table 87. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table 84. “R” =Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value.

TABLE 100 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal and low nitrogen growth conditions acrossBarley accessions (set 1) Gene P Exp. Corr. Gene P Exp. Corr. Name Rvalue set Set ID Name R value set Set ID LGA1 0.81 1.38E−02 6 25 LGA10.76 1.81E−02 1 24 LGA1 0.81 7.49E−03 1 4 LGA1 0.80 1.83E−02 4 19 LGA10.82 1.30E−02 4 25 LGA2 0.72 4.19E−02 6 3 LGA2 0.91 6.79E−04 1 24 LGA20.91 6.44E−04 1 18 Table 100. Provided are the correlations (R) betweenthe genes expression levels in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation set ID according to thecorrelated parameters specified in Table 88. “Exp. Set”—Expression setspecified in Table 85. “R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = pvalue.

TABLE 101 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under low nitrogen and normal growth conditions acrossBarley accessions (set 2) Gene Corr. Name R P value Exp. set Set ID LGA10.90 1.01E−03 6 4 Table 101. Provided are the correlations (R) betweenthe genes expression levels in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation set ID according to thecorrelated parameters specified in Table 89. “Exp. Set”—Expression setspecified in Table 86. “R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = pvalue.

Example 10 Production of Tomato Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis Using 44K Tomato Oligonucleotide Micro-Array

In order to produce a high throughput correlation analysis between ABSTand NUE related phenotypes and gene expression, the present inventorsutilized a Tomato oligonucleotide micro-array, produced by AgilentTechnologies [chem(dot)agilent(dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot)asp?lPage=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 44,000 Tomato genes and transcripts. Inorder to define correlations between the levels of RNA expression withABST, NUE, yield components or vigor related parameters various plantcharacteristics of 18 different Tomato varieties were analyzed. Amongthem, 10 varieties encompassing the observed variance were selected forRNA expression analysis. The correlation between the RNA levels and thecharacterized parameters was analyzed using Pearson correlation test[davidmlane(dot)com/hyperstat/A34739(dot)html].

I. Correlation of Tomato Varieties Across Ecotypes Grown Under Drought,Low Nitrogen and Regular Growth Conditions

Experimental Procedures:

Ten Tomato varieties were grown in 3 repetitive blocks, each containing6 plants per plot, at net house. Briefly, the growing protocol was asfollows:

1. Regular growth conditions: Tomato varieties were grown under normalconditions: 4-6 Liters/m² of water per day and fertilized with NPK(nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium at a ratio 6:6:6, respectively) asrecommended in protocols for commercial tomato production.

2. Drought stress: Tomato varieties were grown under normal conditions(4-6 Liters/m² per day with fertilizers) until flowering. At this time,irrigation was reduced to 50% compared to normal conditions.

3. Low Nitrogen fertilization conditions: Tomato varieties were grownunder normal conditions (4-6 Liters/m² per day and fertilized with NPKas recommended in protocols for commercial tomato production) untilflowering. At this time, Nitrogen fertilization was stopped.

Plants were phenotyped on a daily basis following the standarddescriptor of tomato (Table 103). Harvest was conducted while 50% of thefruits were red (mature). Plants were separated to the vegetative partand fruits, of them, 2 nodes were analyzed for additional inflorescentparameters such as size, number of flowers, and inflorescent weight.Fresh weight of all vegetative material was measured. Fruits wereseparated to colors (red vs. green) and in accordance with the fruitsize (small, medium and large). Next, analyzed data was saved to textfiles and processed using the JMP statistical analysis software (SASinstitute).

Analyzed tomato tissues—Two tissues at different developmental stages[flower and leaf], representing different plant characteristics, weresampled and RNA was extracted as described above. For convenience, eachmicro-array expression information tissue type has received a Set ID assummarized in Table 102 below.

TABLE 102 Tomato transcriptome expression sets Set Expression Set IDLeaf, under normal growth conditions 1 Flower, under normal growthconditions 2 Leaf, under low Nitrogen growth conditions 3 Flower, underlow Nitrogen growth conditions 4 Leaf, under drought growth conditions 5Flower, under drought growth conditions 6 Leaf, under drought growthconditions 7 Flower, under drought growth conditions 8 Leaf, under lowNitrogen growth conditions 9 Flower, under low Nitrogen growthconditions 10 Leaf, under normal growth conditions 11 Flower, undernormal growth conditions 12 Table 102: Provided are the tomatotranscriptome expression sets (measured in a tomato field experiment).

Data parameters collected are summarized in Table 103 below. The averagefor each of the measured parameters was calculated using the JMPsoftware and values are summarized in Tables 104-111 below. Subsequentcorrelation analysis was conducted (Table 112) with the correlationcoefficient (R) and the p-values. Results were integrated to thedatabase.

TABLE 103 Tomato correlated parameters (vectors) Corr. Correlatedparameter with ID 100 weight green fruit [gr.], under Drought growthconditions 1 100 weight green fruit [gr], under Normal growth conditions2 100 weight green fruit [gr], under low Nitrogen growth conditions 3100 weight red fruit [gr], under Drought growth conditions 4 100 weightred fruit [gr], under Normal growth conditions 5 100 weight red fruit[gr], under low Nitrogen growth conditions 6 average red fruit weight[gr], under Drought growth conditions 7 average red fruit weight [gr],under Normal growth conditions 8 average red fruit weight [gr], underlow Nitrogen growth 9 conditions Cluster (flower) Weight [gr], lowN/Normal (the ratio between 10 the results under low N conditionsdivided by the results under normal conditions) flower cluster weight[ratio], Drought/Normal (ratio) 11 flower cluster weight [ratio],Drought/low N (ratio) 12 Fruit [ratio], Drought/low N (ratio) 13 Fruit[ratio], low N/Normal (ratio) 14 Fruit Yield/Plant [gr], under Droughtgrowth conditions 15 Fruit yield/Plant [gr], under Normal growthconditions 16 Fruit Yield/Plant [gr], under low Nitrogen growthconditions 17 Fruit Yield [ratio], Drought/Normal (ratio) 18 FW/Plant[gr], under Drought growth conditions 19 FW/Plant [gr], under Normalgrowth conditions 20 FW/Plant [gr], under low Nitrogen growth conditions21 FW [ratio], Drought/Normal (ratio) 22 FW [ratio], NUE/Normal (ratio)23 Harvest index [yield/yield + biomass], under Normal growth 24conditions Harvest index [yield/yield + biomass], under low Nitrogengrowth 25 conditions Leaflet Length [cm], under Drought growthconditions 26 Leaflet Length [cm], under Normal growth conditions 27Leaflet Length [cm], under low Nitrogen growth conditions 28 LeafletWidth [cm], under Drought growth conditions 29 Leaflet Width [cm], underNormal growth conditions 30 Leaflet Width [cm], under low Nitrogengrowth conditions 31 No flowers [num], under Normal growth conditions 32No flowers [num], under low Nitrogen growth conditions 33 NUE2 [totalbiomass/SPAD], under Normal growth conditions 34 NUE2 [totalbiomass/SPAD], under low Nitrogen growth 35 conditions NUE [yield/SPAD],under Normal growth conditions 36 NUE [yield/SPAD], under low Nitrogengrowth conditions 37 Num. Flowers [ratio], Low N/Normal (ratio) 38 Numof Flowers [num], under Drought growth conditions 39 Num of Flowers[ratio], Drought/Normal (ratio) 40 Num of Flowers [ratio], Drought/low N(ratio) 41 NUpE [biomass/SPAD], under Normal growth conditions 42 NUpE[biomass/SPAD], under low Nitrogen growth conditions 43 Red fruit weight[ratio], Drought/Normal (ratio) 44 RWC [%], under Drought growthconditions 45 RWC Drought/Normal [ratio] (ratio) 46 RWC [%], underNormal growth conditions 47 RWC [%], under low Nitrogen growthconditions 48 RWC NUE/Normal [ratio] (ratio) 49 SLA [leaf area/plantbiomass], under Normal growth conditions 50 SLA [leaf area/plantbiomass], under low Nitrogen growth 51 conditions SPAD 100% RWCNUE/Normal [ratio] (ratio) 52 SPAD 100% RWC, [SPAD unit], under Normalgrowth conditions 53 SPAD 100% RWC [SPAD unit], under low Nitrogengrowth 54 conditions SPAD NUE/Normal [ratio] (ratio) 55 SPAD under LowNitrogen growth conditions [SPAD unit] 56 SPAD [SPAD unit], under Normalgrowth conditions 57 Total Leaf Area) [cm²], under Drought growthconditions 58 Total Leaf Area [cm²], under Normal growth conditions 59Total Leaf Area [cm²], under low Nitrogen growth conditions 60 Weightclusters (flowers) [gr], under low Nitrogen growth 61 conditions Weightflower clusters [gr], under Drought growth conditions 62 Weight Flowerclusters [gr], under Normal growth conditions 63 Yield/SLA [ratio],under Normal growth conditions 64 Yield/SLA [ratio], under low Nitrogengrowth conditions 65 Yield/total leaf area [ratio], under Normal growthconditions 66 Yield/total leaf area [ratio], under low Nitrogen growthconditions 67 Table 103. Provided are the tomato correlated parameters.“gr.” = grams; “FW” = fresh weight; “NUE” = nitrogen use efficiency;“RWC” = relative water content; “NUpE” = nitrogen uptake efficiency;“SPAD” = chlorophyll levels; “HI” = harvest index (vegetative weightdivided on yield); “SLA” = specific leaf area (leaf area divided by leafdry weight); “num” = number; “cm” = centimeter.

Fruit Yield (grams)—At the end of the experiment [when 50% of the fruitwere ripe (red)] all fruits from plots within blocks A-C were collected.The total fruits were counted and weighted. The average fruits weightwas calculated by dividing the total fruit weight by the number offruits.

Yield/SLA—Fruit yield divided by the specific leaf area, gives ameasurement of the balance between reproductive and vegetativeprocesses.

Yield/total leaf area—Fruit yield divided by the total leaf area, givesa measurement of the balance between reproductive and vegetativeprocesses.

Plant Fresh Weight (grams)—At the end of the experiment [when 50% of thefruit were ripe (red)] all plants from plots within blocks A-C werecollected. Fresh weight was measured (grams).

Inflorescence Weight (grams)—At the end of the experiment [when 50% ofthe fruits were ripe (red)] two inflorescence from plots within blocksA-C were collected. The inflorescence weight (gr.) and number of flowersper inflorescence were counted.

SPAD [SPAD unit]—Chlorophyll content was determined using a Minolta SPAD502 chlorophyll meter and measurement was performed at time offlowering. SPAD meter readings were done on young fully developed leaf.Three measurements per leaf were taken per plot.

Water use efficiency (WUE)—can be determined as the biomass produced perunit transpiration. To analyze WUE, leaf relative water content wasmeasured in control and transgenic plants. Fresh weight (FW) wasimmediately recorded; then leaves were soaked for 8 hours in distilledwater at room temperature in the dark, and the turgid weight (TW) wasrecorded. Total dry weight (DW) was recorded after drying the leaves at60° C. to a constant weight. Relative water content (RWC) was calculatedaccording to the Formula I (above).

Plants that maintain high relative water content (RWC) compared tocontrol lines were considered more tolerant to drought than thoseexhibiting a reduced relative water content.

Experimental Results

TABLE 104 Measured parameters in Tomato accessions under droughtconditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 22 1.72 0.34 0.61 2.63 1.18 1.36 4.02 1.01 0.61 192.62 1.09 1.85 2.22 2.63 2.71 3.41 2.11 1.95 18 0.57 1.41 1.27 2.88 4.20.55 0.09 1.03 1.39 15 0.467 0.483 0.629 0.347 2.044 0.25 0.045 0.4530.292 13 1.15 0.73 1.32 0.76 1.51 0.71 5.06 0.89 0.67 39 16.7 6.5 15.720.3 11.7 25.3 29.7 17.3 14.7 41 0.88 1.22 1.74 1.56 1.09 1.52 4.96 1.080.98 40 2.94 0.34 2.47 2.65 1.21 3.04 5.95 2.08 1.47 46 0.99 0.97 1.021.08 1.21 0.88 1.34 0.28 1.13 45 72.1 74.5 65.3 72.2 66.1 68.3 78.1 18.573.2 44 0.19 24.37 25.38 0.02 20.26 0.04 0.15 0.02 0.86 62 0.368 0.4070.325 0.288 0.551 0.311 0.445 0.555 0.304 7 0.0092 0.1948 0.209 0.00470.102 0.0019 0.0346 0.0063 0.0053 12 0.69 1.11 1.06 0.82 1.16 1.25 1.521.19 0.76 11 0.32 1.19 0.47 0.01 1.25 0.03 0.56 0.96 0.42 Table 104:Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as described above)measured in Tomato accessions (Line) under drought conditions. Growthconditions are specified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 105 Additional Measured parameters in Tomato accessions underdrought conditions Line Corr. ID Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 Line-13 Line-14Line-15 Line-16 Line-17 Line-18 22 0.64 0.95 0.51 1.17 1.94 0.35 1.060.21 0.48 19 1.76 1.72 1.92 2.21 3.73 0.75 1.76 0.63 1.11 18 3.28 0.912.62 0.32 2.48 0.41 1.62 1.76 1.42 15 1.017 0.6 0.494 0.272 0.679 0.140.529 0.554 0.414 13 2.17 0.38 1.27 0.84 1.51 0.98 1.34 0.38 0.84 3929.7 15 10.3 18.3 12 20.3 12.7 12.7 11.3 41 4.94 0.88 0.79 2.12 1.291.61 1.9 1.36 1.42 40 4.24 1.67 1.29 3.44 1.5 2.65 1.41 1.19 1.26 460.83 1.01 1.2 1.11 1.97 0.72 0.75 1.01 0.83 45 62.5 67.2 75.8 62.8 70.755.8 75.2 63.7 62.3 44 0.74 0.09 1.72 0.17 0.02 10.5 27.89 11.79 9.98 620.315 0.308 0.311 8.36 0.288 0.342 0.441 0.268 0.426 7 0.0049 0.00520.012 0.0045 0.0063 0.3032 0.1376 0.0405 0.0885 12 1.04 0.38 0.78 24.120.67 0.97 0.99 0.95 0.91 11 0.38 0.36 0.62 8.2 0.41 0.91 0.67 0.38 1.311 0.8 0.28 0.38 0.63 2.86 1.16 4.4 4 0.89 0.35 0.63 2.27 7.4 2.94 11.626 5.15 3.38 7.14 5.48 8.62 6.35 6.77 29 2.55 2.04 4.17 3.09 4.69 3.872.91 58 337.6 130.8 557.9 176.7 791.9 517 832.3 Table 105. Provided arethe values of each of the parameters (as described above) measured inTomato accessions (Line) under drought conditions. Growth conditions arespecified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 106 Measured parameters in Tomato accessions under normalconditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 20 1.53 3.17 3.02 0.84 2.24 1.98 0.85 2.09 3.21 160.826 0.342 0.494 0.121 0.487 0.454 0.529 0.44 0.21 32 5.67 19.33 6.337.67 9.67 8.33 5 8.33 10 47 72.8 76.5 64.3 67.1 54.8 77.6 58.2 66.5 64.753 36.2 28.4 35.9 31.1 26.4 33.7 25 35.5 37.9 57 49.7 37.2 55.8 46.448.2 43.4 42.9 53.3 58.5 63 1.17 0.34 0.69 56.35 0.44 11.31 0.79 0.580.73 8 0.0479 0.008 0.0082 0.2861 0.005 0.0541 0.2306 0.2898 0.0061 240.351 0.097 0.14 0.125 0.179 0.186 0.384 0.174 0.061 36 0.0166 0.00920.0089 0.0026 0.0101 0.0105 0.0123 0.0083 0.0036 34 0.0473 0.0945 0.0630.0208 0.0565 0.0562 0.0321 0.0474 0.0584 42 0.0307 0.0853 0.0542 0.01820.0464 0.0457 0.0198 0.0392 0.0548 2 0.56 3.05 0.24 2.58 6.32 5.75 0.385 0.82 2.46 0.5 2.76 5.32 5.24 0.61 27 6.34 7.99 5.59 7.7 7.85 6.22 6.1630 3.69 4.77 3.43 4.56 4.44 3.15 3.37 50 141 689.7 130.2 299.1 1117.7111.8 106.3 59 426.1 582.4 291.4 593.6 947.6 233.4 340.7 64 0.00350.0002 0.0037 0.0015 0.0005 0.0039 0.002 66 0.0012 0.0002 0.0017 0.00080.0006 0.0019 0.0006 Table 107: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Tomato accessions (Line)under normal growth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section.

TABLE 108 Additional measured parameters in Tomato accessions undernormal conditions Line Corr. ID Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 Line-13 Line-14Line-15 Line-16 Line-17 Line-18 20 2.75 1.81 3.77 1.89 1.93 2.14 1.653.01 2.29 16 0.31 0.662 0.189 0.852 0.273 0.347 0.327 0.314 0.291 32 7 98 5.33 8 7.67 9 10.67 9 47 75.2 66.2 63.2 56.8 36 77.6 100 63.2 75.1 5338.4 26.5 30.1 32.9 17.4 33.8 54.5 26.3 44.4 57 51.1 40 47.6 57.9 48.343.6 54.5 41.6 59.1 63 0.83 0.86 0.5 1.02 0.7 0.38 0.66 0.7 0.33 80.0066 0.0577 0.007 0.0264 0.2611 0.0289 0.0049 0.0034 0.0089 24 0.1010.268 0.048 0.311 0.124 0.139 0.165 0.095 0.113 36 0.0061 0.0166 0.0040.0147 0.0057 0.008 0.006 0.0076 0.0049 34 0.06 0.0618 0.0832 0.04730.0455 0.0571 0.0363 0.0799 0.0437 42 0.0539 0.0453 0.0792 0.0326 0.03990.0492 0.0303 0.0724 0.0388 2 0.3 1.95 2.53 1.42 2.03 1.39 2.27 0.450.42 5 0.66 2.7 0.7 2.64 4.67 2.17 0.49 0.34 0.75 27 5.65 4.39 4.44 6.777.42 6.71 5.87 4.16 10.29 30 3.13 2.4 2.02 3.8 3.74 2.98 3.22 2.09 5.9150 123.1 105 111.9 307.9 419.4 365.8 212.9 84.9 469.9 59 339.1 190.1421.8 581.3 807.5 784.1 351.8 255.8 1078.1 64 0.0025 0.0063 0.00170.0028 0.0007 0.0009 0.0015 0.0037 0.0006 66 0.0009 0.0035 0.0004 0.00150.0003 0.0004 0.0009 0.0012 0.0003 Table 109: Provided are the values ofeach of the parameters (as described above) measured in Tomatoaccessions (Line) under normal growth conditions. Growth conditions arespecified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 110 Measured parameters in Tomato accessions under low nitrogenconditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 10 0.457 1.072 0.442 0.006 1.076 0.022 0.371 0.8090.548 23 2.65 0.38 0.74 3.01 0.83 1.54 3.7 1.22 0.58 21 4.04 1.21 2.252.54 1.85 3.06 3.13 2.54 1.84 17 0.406 0.66 0.477 0.458 1.351 0.3540.009 0.509 0.436 14 0.49 1.93 0.97 3.8 2.78 0.78 0.02 1.16 2.07 33 195.3 9 13 10.7 16.7 6 16 15 38 3.35 0.28 1.42 1.7 1.1 2 1.2 1.92 1.5 4874.1 99.1 69.5 63.2 77.4 77.9 80.5 67.4 67.2 49 1.02 1.3 1.08 0.94 1.411 1.38 1.01 1.04 52 0.79 1.37 0.92 0.75 1.31 0.97 1.11 0.95 0.79 54 28.539 33 23.4 34.5 32.5 27.7 33.7 30 56 38.4 39.4 47.5 37 44.6 41.7 34.4 5044.7 55 0.773 1.059 0.851 0.797 0.925 0.961 0.802 0.938 0.764 61 0.5330.367 0.307 0.35 0.473 0.249 0.293 0.467 0.4 9 0.0239 0.1907 0.00650.0053 0.0963 0.0044 0.0055 0.0075 0.0058 3 0.87 3.66 0.57 0.37 3.4 0.680.45 0.47 0.54 25 0.091 0.352 0.175 0.153 0.422 0.104 0.003 0.167 0.19128 6.4 5.92 3.69 5.43 6.95 3.73 4.39 6.72 6.66 31 3.47 1.97 1.79 2.553.52 1.73 1.87 3.54 3.28 37 0.0142 0.0169 0.0144 0.0196 0.0391 0.01090.0003 0.0151 0.0145 35 0.1562 0.048 0.0825 0.128 0.0927 0.1051 0.11360.0906 0.0759 43 0.1419 0.0311 0.068 0.1085 0.0536 0.0942 0.1133 0.07550.0614 51 140 317.1 131.3 148.8 257.5 64.3 144.6 246.1 405.5 60 565.9384.8 294.8 378 476.4 197.1 453.2 625.5 748 65 0.0029 0.0021 0.00360.0031 0.0052 0.0055 0.0001 0.0021 0.0011 67 0.0007 0.0017 0.0016 0.00120.0028 0.0018 0 0.0008 0.0006 6 1.06 6.87 0.65 0.53 7.17 0.44 0.55 0.75Table 110: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (asdescribed above) measured in Tomato accessions (Line) under low nitrogengrowth conditions. Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section.

TABLE 111 Additional measured parameters in Tomato accessions under lownitrogen conditions Line Corr. ID Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 Line-13Line-14 Line-15 Line-16 Line-17 Line-18 10 0.364 0.953 0.8 0.34 0.6110.938 0.677 0.404 1.439 23 0.55 1.06 0.49 1.31 1.36 0.51 0.71 0.31 0.4721 1.52 1.91 1.86 2.47 2.62 1.08 1.17 0.92 1.09 17 0.468 1.593 0.3880.323 0.449 0.143 0.396 1.442 0.495 14 1.51 2.41 2.06 0.38 1.64 0.411.21 4.59 1.7 33 6 17 13 8.7 9.3 12.7 6.7 9.3 8 38 0.86 1.89 1.62 1.621.17 1.65 0.74 0.88 0.89 48 66.1 69.6 69.3 100 57.7 90.8 68 59.6 72.2 490.88 1.05 1.1 1.76 1.6 1.17 0.68 0.94 0.96 52 0.92 0.94 1.36 1.44 1.51.05 0.56 1.48 0.84 54 35.5 24.8 40.8 47.5 26.1 35.4 30.6 39 37.5 5653.7 35.7 58.8 47.5 45.2 39 45 65.3 51.9 55 1.051 0.892 1.235 0.82 0.9360.894 0.826 1.57 0.878 61 0.303 0.82 0.4 0.347 0.428 0.353 0.447 0.2830.47 9 0.0127 0.0212 0.0052 0.0057 0.0475 0.3573 0.0367 0.6265 3 0.390.97 0.91 0.36 0.35 0.57 4.38 2.02 8.13 25 0.236 0.454 0.173 0.115 0.1460.116 0.253 0.61 0.313 28 4.39 3.9 5.29 6.32 5.11 4.72 6.83 7.1 8.21 312.52 2.61 2.61 3.58 2.56 2.48 3.43 3.3 3.69 37 0.0132 0.0642 0.00950.0068 0.0172 0.004 0.0129 0.037 0.0132 35 0.0559 0.1413 0.055 0.05890.1178 0.0347 0.051 0.0606 0.0423 43 0.0427 0.0771 0.0455 0.0521 0.10060.0307 0.0381 0.0236 0.029 51 299.3 86.2 182.3 160.2 90.1 161 379 531.1650.7 60 454 164.9 338.3 396 236.1 174.6 441.8 489.2 707.8 65 0.00160.0185 0.0021 0.002 0.005 0.0009 0.001 0.0027 0.0008 67 0.001 0.00970.0011 0.0008 0.0019 0.0008 0.0009 0.0029 0.0007 6 0.58 1.27 1.34 0.520.57 0.94 6.17 3.67 11.32 Table 111: Provided are the values of each ofthe parameters (as described above) measured in Tomato accessions (Line)under low nitrogen growth conditions. Growth conditions are specified inthe experimental procedure section.

TABLE 112 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under low nitrogen, normal or drought stress conditionsacross Tomato accessions Gene P Exp. Corr. Gene P Exp. Corr. Name Rvalue set Set ID Name R value set Set ID LGD2 0.76 1.10E−02 10 3 LGD20.78 7.59E−03 10 6 LGD2 0.76 1.06E−02 4 10 LGD24 0.72 1.77E−02 6 19LGD24 0.75 1.31E−02 4 33 LGD25 0.73 2.61E−02 11 42 LGD25 0.70 3.43E−0211 34 LGD25 0.91 2.59E−04 1 63 LGD25 0.82 4.00E−03 4 54 LGD25 0.903.82E−04 5 39 LGD25 0.73 1.74E−02 5 40 LGD25 0.88 8.75E−04 5 41 LGD260.75 2.02E−02 11 24 LGD26 0.76 1.12E−02 2 57 LGD26 0.74 1.42E−02 2 53LGD26 0.73 1.70E−02 5 40 LGD26 0.79 6.61E−03 5 41 Table 112. Providedare the correlations (R) between the genes expression levels in varioustissues and the phenotypic performance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation setID according to the correlated parameters specified in Table 103. “Exp.Set”—Expression set specified in Table 102. “R” = Pearson correlationcoefficient; “P” = p value.

Example 11 Production of Soybean (Glycine Max) Transcriptome and HighThroughput Correlation Analysis with Yield Parameters Using 44 K B.Soybean Oligonucleotide Micro-Arrays

In order to produce a high throughput correlation analysis, the presentinventors utilized a Soybean oligonucleotide micro-array, produced byAgilent Technologies[chem(dot)agilent(dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot)asp?Page=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 42,000 Soybean genes and transcripts.In order to define correlations between the levels of RNA expressionwith yield components or plant architecture related parameters or plantvigor related parameters, various plant characteristics of 29 differentGlycine max varieties were analyzed and 26 varieties were further usedfor RNA expression analysis. The correlation between the RNA levels andthe characterized parameters was analyzed using Pearson correlationtest.

Correlation of Glycine max Genes' Expression Levels with PhenotypicCharacteristics Across Ecotype

Experimental Procedures

29 Soybean varieties were grown in three repetitive plots, in field.Briefly, the growing protocol was as follows: Soybean seeds were sown insoil and grown under normal conditions (no irrigation, good organomicparticles) which included high temperature about 82.38 (° F.), lowtemperature about 58.54 (F); total precipitation rainfall from Maythrough September (from sowing until harvest) was about 16.97 inch.

In order to define correlations between the levels of RNA expressionwith yield components or plant architecture related parameters or vigorrelated parameters. 26 different Soybean varieties (out of 29 varieties)were analyzed and used for gene expression analyses. Analysis wasperformed at two pre-determined time periods: at pod set (when thesoybean pods are formed) and at harvest time (when the soybean pods areready for harvest, with mature seeds).

For convenience, each micro-array expression information tissue type hasreceived a Set ID as summarized in Table 113 below.

TABLE 113 Soybean transcriptome expression sets Set Expression Set IDApical meristem at vegetative stage under normal growth condition 1 Leafat vegetative stage under normal growth condition 2 Leaf at floweringstage under normal growth condition 3 Leaf at pod setting stage undernormal growth condition 4 Root at vegetative stage under normal growthcondition 5 Root at flowering stage under normal growth condition 6 Rootat pod setting stage under normal growth condition 7 Stem at vegetativestage under normal growth condition 8 Stem at pod setting stage undernormal growth condition 9 Flower bud at flowering stage under normalgrowth condition 10 Pod (R3-R4) at pod setting stage under normal growthcondition 11 Table 113: Provided are the soybean transcriptomeexpression sets.

RNA extraction—All 12 selected Soybean varieties were sample pertreatment. Plant tissues [leaf, root, Stem, Pod, apical meristem, Flowerbuds] growing under normal conditions were sampled and RNA was extractedas described above. The collected data parameters were as follows:

Main branch base diameter [mm] at pod set—the diameter of the base ofthe main branch (based diameter) average of three plants per plot.

Fresh weight [gr./plant] at pod set—total weight of the vegetativeportion above ground (excluding roots) before drying at pod set, averageof three plants per plot.

Dry weight [gr./plant] at pod set—total weight of the vegetative portionabove ground (excluding roots) after drying at 70° C. in oven for 48hours at pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Total number of nodes with pods on lateral branches[value/plant]—counting of nodes which contain pods in lateral branchesat pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Number of lateral branches at pod set [value/plant]—counting number oflateral branches at pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Total weight of lateral branches at pod set [gr./plant]—weight of alllateral branches at pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Total weight of pods on main stem at pod set [gr./plant]—weight of allpods on main stem at pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Total number of nodes on main stem [value/plant]—count of number ofnodes on main stem starting from first node above ground, average ofthree plants per plot.

Total number of pods with 1 seed on lateral branches at pod set[value/plant]—count of the number of pods containing 1 seed in alllateral branches at pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Total number of pods with 2 seeds on lateral branches at pod set[value/plant]—count of the number of pods containing 2 seeds in alllateral branches at pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Total number of pods with 3 seeds on lateral branches at pod set[value/plant]—count of the number of pods containing 3 seeds in alllateral branches at pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Total number of pods with 4 seeds on lateral branches at pod set[value/plant]—count of the number of pods containing 4 seeds in alllateral branches at pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Total number of pods with 1 seed on main stem at pod set[value/plant]-count of the number of pods containing 1 seed in main stemat pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Total number of pods with 2 seeds on main stem at pod set[value/plant]-count of the number of pods containing 2 seeds in mainstem at pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Total number of pods with 3 seeds on main stem at pod set[value/plant]-count of the number of pods containing 3 seeds in mainstem at pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Total number of pods with 4 seeds on main stem at pod set[value/plant]-count of the number of pods containing 4 seeds in mainstem at pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Total number of seeds per plant at pod set [value/plant]—count of numberof seeds in lateral branches and main stem at pod set, average of threeplants per plot.

Total number of seeds on lateral branches at pod set [value/plant]—countof total number of seeds on lateral branches at pod set, average ofthree plants per plot.

Total number of seeds on main stem at pod set [value/plant]—count oftotal number of seeds on main stem at pod set, average of three plantsper plot.

Plant height at pod set [cm/plant]—total length from above ground tillthe tip of the main stem at pod set, average of three plants per plot.

Plant height at harvest [cm/plant]—total length from above ground tillthe tip of the main stem at harvest, average of three plants per plot.

Total weight of pods on lateral branches at pod set [gr./plant]—weightof all pods on lateral branches at pod set, average of three plants perplot.

Ratio of the number of pods per node on main stem at pod set—calculatedin Formula XXIII (above), average of three plants per plot.

Ratio of total number of seeds in main stem to number of seeds onlateral branches—calculated in Formula XXIV, average of three plants perplot.

Total weight of pods per plant at pod set [gr./plant]—weight of all podson lateral branches and main stem at pod set, average of three plantsper plot.

Days till 50% flowering [days]—number of days till 50% flowering foreach plot.

Days till 100% flowering [days]—number of days till 100% flowering foreach plot.

Maturity [days]—measure as 95% of the pods in a plot have ripened(turned 100% brown). Delayed leaf drop and green stems are notconsidered in assigning maturity. Tests are observed 3 days per week,every other day, for maturity. The maturity date is the date that 95% ofthe pods have reached final color. Maturity is expressed in days afterAugust 31 [according to the accepted definition of maturity in USA.Descriptor list for SOYBEAN, World Wide Web (dot) ars-grin (dot)gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/desclist (dot) pl?51].

Seed quality [ranked 1-5]—measure at harvest; a visual estimate based onseveral hundred seeds. Parameter is rated according to the followingscores considering the amount and degree of wrinkling, defective coat(cracks), greenishness, and moldy or other pigment. Rating is 1—verygood, 2—good, 3—fair, 4—poor, 5—very poor.

Lodging [ranked 1-5]—is rated at maturity per plot according to thefollowing scores: 1—most plants in a plot are erected; 2—all plantsleaning slightly or a few plants down; 3—all plants leaning moderately,or 25%-50% down; 4—all plants leaning considerably, or 50%-80% down;5—most plants down. It is noted that intermediate scores such as 1.5 areacceptable.

Seed size [gr.]—weight of 1000 seeds per plot normalized to 13%moisture, measure at harvest.

Total weight of seeds per plant [gr./plant]—calculated at harvest (per 2inner rows of a trimmed plot) as weight in grams of cleaned seedsadjusted to 13% moisture and divided by the total number of plants intwo inner rows of a trimmed plot.

Yield at harvest [bushels/hectare]—calculated at harvest (per 2 innerrows of a trimmed plot) as weight in grams of cleaned seeds, adjusted to13% moisture, and then expressed as bushels per acre.

Average lateral branch seeds per pod [number]—Calculate number of seedson lateral branches—at pod set and divide by the number of pods withseeds on lateral branches—at pod set.

Average main stem seeds per pod [number]—Calculate total number of seedson main stem at pod set and divide by the number of pods with seeds onmain stem at pod setting.

Main stem average internode length [cm]—Calculate plant height at podset and divide by the total number of nodes on main stem at pod setting.

Total number of pods with seeds on main stem [number]—count all podscontaining seeds on the main stem at pod setting.

Total number of pods with seeds on lateral branches [number]—count allpods containing seeds on the lateral branches at pod setting.

Total number of pods per plant at pod set [number]—count pods on mainstem and lateral branches at pod setting.

Data parameters collected are summarized in Table 114, herein below.

TABLE 114 Soybean correlated parameters (vectors) Corre- lationCorrelated parameter with ID 100 percent flowering (days) 1 50 percentflowering (days) 2 Base diameter at pod set (mm) 3 DW at pod set (gr) 4Lodging (score 1-5) 5 Maturity (days) 6 Num of lateral branches (number)7 Num of pods with 1 seed on main stem at pod set (number) 8 Num of podswith 2 seed on main stem at pod set (number) 9 Num of pods with 3 seedon main stem at pod set (number) 10 Num of pods with 4 seed on main stemat pod set (number) 11 Plant height at harvest (cm) 12 Plant height atpod set (cm) 13 Ratio number of pods per node on main stem (ratio) 14Ratio num of seeds-main stem to lateral branches (ratio) 15 Seed quality(score 1-5) 16 Num of Seeds on lateral branches-at pod set 18 TotalNumber of Seeds on main stem at pod set (number) 19 Num of pods with 1seed on lateral branch-pod set (number) 20 Num of pods with 2 seed onlateral branch-pod set (number) 21 Num pods with 3 seed on lateralbranch-at pod set (number) 22 Num pods with 4 seed on lateral branch-atpod set (number) 23 Total number of nodes on main stem (number) 24 Numof nodes with pods on lateral branches-pod set (number) 25 Total numberof seeds per plant (number) 26 Total weight of lateral branches at podset (gr) 27 Weight of pods on lateral branches (gr)-at pod set 28 Totalweight of pods on main stem at pod set (gr) 29 Total weight of pods perplant (gr/plant) 30 Total weight of seeds per plant (gr/plant) 31 freshweight at pod set (gr) 32 yield at harvest (bushel/hectare) 33 Averagelateral branch seeds per pod (number) 34 Average main stem seeds per pod(number) 35 Main stem average internode length (cm) 36 Num pods withseeds on lateral branches-at pod set (number) 37 Total number of podsper plant (number) 38 Total number of pods with seeds on main stem(number) 39 corrected Seed size (gr) 40 Table 114. Provided are thesoybean correlated parameters (vectors). “gr.” = grams; “PS” = podsetting; “num” = number; “mm” = millimeter; “cm” = centimeter.

Experimental Results

29 different Soybean varieties lines were grown and characterized for 40parameters as specified above. Tissues for expression analysis weresampled from a subset of 12 lines. The correlated parameters aredescribed in Table 114 above. The average for each of the measuredparameters was calculated using the JMP software (Tables 115-117) and asubsequent correlation analysis was performed (Table 118). Results werethen integrated to the database.

TABLE 115 Measured parameters in Soybean varieties (lines 1-10) Corr.Line ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 Line-8 Line-9Line-10 1 67.3 67.3 67.3 70 68 71.7 67.3 67.7 71.7 67.3 2 61 65.3 60.761 54.7 68.3 66.5 65.7 62.3 67.7 3 8.27 8 8.33 7.16 7.78 9.54 8.13 9.688.41 8.11 4 35.8 51.7 53.7 34.7 47.5 50.3 53.5 38 45.8 46.2 5 2 2 1.671.67 1.17 1.83 1.67 1.17 1.83 1.67 6 27.7 27.7 24 30.3 31.3 43.7 27 30.335.3 30.3 7 5.11 8.44 9 7 8.67 8.67 7.11 9.11 8.67 9.89 8 0.56 2.44 1.112.56 0.89 4.38 1.89 1.44 2.33 1.44 9 16.4 17.2 16.9 25.3 10.4 16.2 2013.2 22.3 16.9 10 19.3 23.3 29.6 23.3 30.6 1.8 23.6 19.8 25.4 22.3 11 00 0 0 2.222 0 0 0.111 0.111 0.111 12 69.2 85 96.7 75.8 73.3 76.7 75 67.575 75.8 13 66.8 79.4 86.8 64.1 68 69.6 74.1 62.4 69.7 70.9 14 2.34 2.672.87 2.87 2.51 1.38 2.65 2.13 2.77 2.26 15 1.28 1.13 0.89 1.35 0.86 0.91.43 0.87 1.38 0.89 16 3 2.17 2.33 2.33 2.5 3.5 2.67 3 2 2.17 18 92.8124 150.9 122.8 174.9 55.9 112.7 134 171.1 160.4 19 91.4 106.9 123.6123.2 122.3 43.9 112.6 87.7 123.8 102.7 20 0.78 0.89 1.56 0.78 1 3 1.221.78 2.78 1.78 21 15.3 17.6 17 23.3 18.1 18.8 21.2 26.4 34.4 32.3 2220.4 29.3 38.4 25.1 43.2 2 23 26.4 33 31.3 23 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.111 0 2415.6 16.1 16.6 17.8 17.7 16.8 17.3 16.1 18 18.1 25 13.9 20.9 23 22.426.1 16 21.6 23.1 26.3 33 26 184.2 230.9 274.4 246 297.2 99.8 225.2221.7 294.9 263.1 27 57.8 66.7 67.8 57 73.7 63.8 64.4 64.9 80.3 74.9 2823 25 26 18.3 23.2 14.9 27.9 20.1 23 20.1 29 22.6 22.2 22.1 17.9 17.914.3 23.8 16 18 15 30 45.6 47.2 48.1 36.2 41.1 29.2 51.7 36.1 41 35.1 3121.4 14.7 15.1 13.4 16.6 10.5 16 17.2 14.6 16.5 32 158.9 185.8 170.9146.8 172.8 198.2 166.4 152.6 175.7 163.9 33 55.5 50.3 47.6 46.8 55.943.8 51.7 50.4 52.9 56.3 34 2.53 2.58 2.67 2.51 2.74 1.95 2.46 2.43 2.432.53 35 2.52 2.49 2.6 2.36 2.77 1.89 4.5 2.52 2.48 2.53 36 4.29 4.935.24 3.61 3.85 4.15 4.29 3.91 3.9 3.92 40 89 93 86 71.3 88 75 80.7 75.776.3 77.3 37 36.6 47.8 57 49.2 64.3 28.6 45.4 54.7 70.3 65.4 38 72.990.8 104.6 100.4 108.4 51.7 90.9 89.2 120.6 106.2 39 36.3 43 47.6 51.244.1 23.1 45.4 34.6 50.2 40.8 Table 115. Provided are the values of eachof the parameters (as described above) measured in soybean accessions(Line). Growth conditions are specified in the experimental proceduresection

TABLE 116 Measured parameters in Soybean varieties (lines 11-20) LineCorr. Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- ID 1112 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 67 69.7 60 70.7 71.7 71.7 74 73 72.3 73.3 261.7 64.3 3 7.54 7.83 8.82 8.1 8.72 9.54 10.12 8.46 8.09 8.11 4 38.750.7 60.8 44.3 52.3 54.5 55.7 48 52 45.2 5 1.17 2.67 2.67 1.5 3 1.832.83 2.67 2.5 1.67 6 28 41 38.3 31 36 38.7 40 41 38.3 37 7 5.33 5 7.674.78 7.78 8.78 17.56 11.67 12.11 10.44 8 1.67 1.67 4.56 2.67 4.14 1.891.67 4 4.33 1.89 9 17 19.2 27 32.9 18.7 15.1 8.1 21.3 17.7 20 10 31.9 1011.7 27.9 31.4 41.9 22.8 11.1 28.2 27.9 11 0 0 0 0 1.714 0.444 0.444 00.556 0.556 12 66.7 115.8 74.2 72.5 83.3 76.7 76.7 101.7 98.3 89.2 1362.3 94.4 69.4 66.8 75.4 68.6 63.9 89.8 82.1 81.1 14 2.76 1.43 2.6 3.323.19 3.17 1.87 1.98 2.71 2.58 15 1.41 2.4 2.32 1.54 0.8 1.21 0.36 3.90.78 1.36 16 2 3 2.83 2.17 2 2.33 2 3.5 2.5 2 18 139.7 49.4 75.4 112.3204.7 180.8 324.6 46.9 176.2 121.6 19 131.3 70.1 93.6 152.1 140.1 159.688 80 126.6 127.8 20 0.89 0.33 5.67 1.56 5.12 0.67 5.62 2.88 3 2.33 2119.9 12.6 21.6 21.2 29.6 16.7 33.5 8.5 22.8 21.9 22 33 8 8.9 22.8 40.248.8 82 9 42.1 24.6 23 0 0 0 0 0.75 0.111 1.5 0 0.333 0.444 24 18.3 21.616.8 19.1 17.3 18.8 17.1 18.8 18.9 19.4 25 21.3 14.4 15.2 18.6 30.4 2845.2 8.2 25.4 22.7 26 271 119.6 169 264.4 344.8 340.3 412.5 136 302.8249.3 27 58.3 55.2 54 52.4 105 67 167.2 45.4 83.2 63.7 28 19.3 12 21.115.3 23.8 20.7 30.2 4.1 20.1 14.9 29 19.6 15.4 33.8 21.6 16.2 26.6 9 916 14.6 30 39.9 27.4 54.9 36.9 40 47.2 38.9 14.2 36.1 29.5 31 17.1 10.512.1 15.8 12.6 12.6 10.2 7.3 11.4 13.9 32 136.6 191.7 224.7 155.3 216.2192.1 265 160.7 196.3 166.3 33 55.1 40.2 44 52.4 46.9 48.6 40.3 34.244.3 46.2 34 2.6 2.34 2.13 2.48 2.47 2.7 2.68 2.12 2.58 2.48 35 2.6 2.262.17 2.4 2.52 2.68 2.59 2.22 2.49 2.53 36 3.41 4.38 4.15 3.5 4.36 3.673.74 4.8 4.36 4.18 37 53.8 20.9 36.1 45.6 83.1 66.2 122.6 20.4 68.2 49.238 104.3 51.8 79.3 109 138.9 125.6 155.6 61 119 99.6 39 50.6 30.9 43.263.4 55.8 59.3 33 36.4 50.8 50.3 Table 116. Provided are the values ofeach of the parameters (as described above) measured in soybeanaccessions (Line). Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section.

TABLE 117 Measured parameters in Soybean varieties (lines 21-29) LineCorr. Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- Line- ID 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28 29 1 67.3 68.7 69.3 73.7 68 68.7 68 67 70.7 3 7.09 8.267.57 7.73 8.16 8.18 6.88 7.82 7.89 4 57 44.2 43.3 52.7 56 56.2 43.5 4647.5 5 2.5 1.83 2 3.5 3.33 1.83 1.5 2.33 1.5 6 24.7 31 37.7 39 27.3 27.727.3 36.3 32.7 7 8 8 9 9.11 6.78 7.11 4.33 9.11 10 8 1.78 2.11 0.44 1.893.44 3.22 1.67 3.33 1.22 9 17.4 20.3 11.2 16.1 28.1 24.7 14.7 14.3 16.610 25.1 24.1 25.2 36.4 39.7 35.8 31.7 37.6 32.3 11 0.444 0 0.111 3.889 00 0.778 0.778 0 12 93.3 75.8 78.3 116.7 76.7 85 78.3 79.2 71.7 13 85.770.6 70.8 101.7 79.6 77.4 73.7 73.7 67.2 14 2.45 2.78 2.15 2.75 3.7 3.583.06 3.34 2.84 15 0.92 1.18 0.82 1.98 1.03 1.48 1.82 1.35 0.83 16 2.52.17 2.17 2.33 2.17 2.17 2.33 2.17 2.17 18 151.6 143 144 105.4 184.3166.2 92.3 143.8 187.3 19 113.8 115.1 99 159 178.7 159.9 129.1 147.8131.3 20 1.67 1.25 0.89 2.67 1.78 1 0.56 2.11 3 21 22.9 21.8 13.2 10.723.8 26.8 10.2 15.9 25.7 22 34.1 32.8 38.9 25.7 45 37.2 23.8 35.9 44.323 0.444 0 0 1.111 0 0 0 0.556 0 24 19.9 16.8 17 21.1 19.3 17.8 15.916.7 20.8 25 23 21.9 23.8 16.3 22.6 19.9 11.8 16 24.2 26 265.3 260.5 243264.4 363 326.1 221.4 291.6 318.7 27 69.7 64.3 76.2 52 76.9 74.8 35.352.1 67 28 24.3 17 19.2 9.2 28.1 24.2 14.3 15.1 22.6 29 19.8 15.9 14.714.6 30.4 24.2 26.4 21.4 18 30 44.1 32.8 33.9 23.8 58.6 48.4 40.7 35.840.6 31 14.6 15.7 14.8 10.8 13 16.4 16.6 15.8 15.2 32 171.4 155.3 175.8178.1 204.4 205.9 144.7 176.4 164.2 33 49.7 53.7 52.5 42.5 43.6 51.952.5 46.4 52.2 34 2.61 2.58 2.7 2.67 2.62 2.37 2.67 2.62 2.58 35 2.532.47 2.67 2.71 2.51 2.53 2.64 2.65 2.61 36 4.89 4.2 4.16 4.82 4.12 4.364.64 4.47 3.57 37 59.1 55.8 53 40.1 70.6 71.7 34.6 54.4 73 38 103.9103.2 90 98.4 141.8 135.3 83.3 110.4 123.1 39 44.8 46.6 37 58.3 71.263.7 48.8 56 50.1 Table 117. Provided are the values of each of theparameters as described above) measured in soybean accessions (Line).Growth conditions are specified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 118 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal conditions across soybean varieties Gene Corr.Name R P value Exp. set Set ID LGD18 0.71 2.21E−02 7 27 LGD18 0.701.09E−02 11 12 LGD18 0.87 1.10E−03 8 23 LGD19 0.71 3.31E−05 10 39 LGD190.77 9.75E−03 7 24 LGD19 0.77 3.21E−03 10 24 LGD20 0.84 8.81E−03 9 33LGD21 0.74 6.38E−03 1 18 LGD21 0.73 7.44E−03 1 25 LGD23 0.71 2.10E−02 78 LGD23 0.84 2.21E−03 8 5 LGD23 0.77 2.50E−02 9 2 LGD23 0.72 1.21E−02 232 LGD23 0.91 2.79E−04 10 40 LGD23 0.74 5.62E−03 4 27 LGD23 0.719.07E−03 1 20 LGD18 0.73 7.58E−03 11 36 LGD19 0.80 1.78E−03 10 35 LGD210.72 8.94E−03 1 37 LGD18 0.75 1.26E−02 7 7 LGD18 0.74 1.53E−02 8 11LGD18 0.72 4.56E−02 9 8 LGD18 0.74 6.09E−03 10 15 LGD19 0.76 3.99E−03 1010 LGD20 0.83 1.11E−02 9 31 LGD21 0.76 4.45E−03 1 22 LGD21 0.71 9.89E−031 27 LGD21 0.72 8.03E−03 1 26 LGD23 0.73 1.69E−02 8 16 LGD23 0.842.51E−03 8 8 LGD23 0.78 2.28E−02 9 1 LGD23 0.72 1.24E−02 2 29 LGD23 0.755.25E−03 4 32 LGD23 0.74 5.79E−03 1 32 LGD19 0.71 2.15E−02 11 40 LGD190.73 1.73E−02 7 39 LGD19 0.78 2.99E−03 10 34 LGD21 0.70 1.06E−02 1 38LGD19 0.77 4.13E−02 9 40 Table 118. Provided are the correlations (R)between the genes expression levels in various tissues and thephenotypic performance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation set ID according tothe correlated parameters specified in Table 114. “Exp. Set”—Expressionset specified in Table 113. “R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” =p value.

Example 12 Production of Arabidopsis Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis of Yield, Biomass and/or Vigor Related ParametersUsing 44K Arabidopsis Full Genome Oligonucleotide Micro-Array

To produce a high throughput correlation analysis comparing betweenplant phenotype and gene expression level, the present inventorsutilized an Arabidopsis thaliana oligonucleotide micro-array, producedby Agilent Technologies [chem(dot)agilent(dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot)asp?lPage=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 40,000 A. thaliana genes andtranscripts designed based on data from the TIGR ATH1 v.5 database andArabidopsis MPSS (University of Delaware) databases. To definecorrelations between the levels of RNA expression and yield, biomasscomponents or vigor related parameters, various plant characteristics of15 different Arabidopsis ecotypes were analyzed. Among them, nineecotypes encompassing the observed variance were selected for RNAexpression analysis. The correlation between the RNA levels and thecharacterized parameters was analyzed using Pearson correlation test[davidmlane (dot)com/hyperstat/A34739(dot)html].

Experimental Procedures

The Arabidopsis plants were grown in a greenhouse under normal(standard) and controlled growth conditions which included a temperatureof 22° C., and a fertilizer [N:P:K fertilizer (20:20:20; weight ratios)of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K)].

Analyzed Arabidopsis tissues—Five tissues at different developmentalstages including root, leaf, flower at anthesis, seed at 5 days afterflowering (DAF) and seed at 12 DAF, representing different plantcharacteristics, were sampled and RNA was extracted as described above.Each micro-array expression information tissue type has received a SetID as summarized in Table 119 below.

TABLE 119 Tissues used far Arabidopsis transcriptome expression sets SetExpression Set ID Leaf 1 Root 2 Seed 5 DAF 3 Flower at anthesis 4 Seed12 DAF 5 Table 119: Provided are the Identification (ID) numbers of eachof the Arabidopsis (ecotypes set 1) expression set IDs 1-5. “DAF” = daysafter flowering.

Yield components and vigor related parameters assessment—NineArabidopsis ecotypes were used in each of 5 repetitive blocks (named A,B, C, D and E), each containing 20 plants per plot. The plants weregrown in a greenhouse at controlled conditions in 22° C. and the N:P:Kfertilizer (20:20:20; weight ratios) [nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) andpotassium (K)] was added. During this time data was collected,documented and analyzed. Additional data was collected through theseedling stage of plants grown in vertical grown transparent agar plates(seedling analysis). Most of chosen parameters were analyzed by digitalimaging.

Digital imaging for seedling analysis—A laboratory image acquisitionsystem was used for capturing images of plantlets sawn in square agarplates. The image acquisition system consists of a digital reflex camera(Canon EOS 300D) attached to a 55 mm focal length lens (Canon EF-Sseries), mounted on a reproduction device (Kaiser RS), which included 4light units (4×150 Watts light bulb) and located in a darkroom.

Digital imaging in Greenhouse—The image capturing process was repeatedevery 3-4 days starting at day 7 till day 30. The same camera attachedto a 24 mm focal length lens (Canon EF series), placed in a custom madeiron mount, was used for capturing images of larger plants sawn in whitetubs in an environmental controlled greenhouse. The white tubs weresquare shape with measurements of 36×26.2 cm and 7.5 cm deep. During thecapture process, the tubs were placed beneath the iron mount, whileavoiding direct sun light and casting of shadows. This process wasrepeated every 3-4 days for up to 30 days.

An image analysis system was used, which consists of a personal desktopcomputer (Intel P43.0 GHz processor) and a public domain program—ImageJ1.37, Java based image processing program, which was developed at theU.S. National Institutes of Health and is freely available on theinternet at rsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/. Images were captured inresolution of 6 Mega Pixels (3072×2048 pixels) and stored in a lowcompression JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group standard) format.Next, analyzed data was saved to text files and processed using the JMPstatistical analysis software (SAS institute).

Leaf analysis—Using the digital analysis leaves data was calculated,including leaf number, area, perimeter, length and width. On day 30, 3-4representative plants were chosen from each plot of blocks A, B and C.The plants were dissected, each leaf was separated and was introducedbetween two glass trays, a photo of each plant was taken and the variousparameters (such as leaf total area, laminar length etc.) werecalculated from the images. The blade circularity was calculated aslaminar width divided by laminar length.

Root analysis—During 17 days, the different ecotypes were grown intransparent agar plates. The plates were photographed every 3 daysstarting at day 7 in the photography room and the roots development wasdocumented (see examples in FIGS. 3A-F). The growth rate of roots wascalculated according to Formula VI (above).

Vegetative growth rate analysis—was calculated according to Formula VII(above).

The analysis was ended with the appearance of overlapping plants.

For comparison between ecotypes the calculated rate was normalized usingplant developmental stage as represented by the number of true leaves.In cases where plants with 8 leaves had been sampled twice (for exampleat day 10 and day 13), only the largest sample was chosen and added tothe Anova comparison.

Seeds in siliques analysis—On day 70, 15-17 siliques were collected fromeach plot in blocks D and E. The chosen siliques were light brown colorbut still intact. The siliques were opened in the photography room andthe seeds were scatter on a glass tray, a high resolution digitalpicture was taken for each plot. Using the images the number of seedsper silique was determined.

Seeds average weight—At the end of the experiment all seeds from plotsof blocks A-C were collected. An average weight of 0.02 grams wasmeasured from each sample, the seeds were scattered on a glass tray anda picture was taken. Using the digital analysis, the number of seeds ineach sample was calculated.

Oil percentage in seeds—At the end of the experiment all seeds fromplots of blocks A-C were collected. Columbia seeds from 3 plots weremixed grounded and then mounted onto the extraction chamber. 210 ml ofn-Hexane (Cat No. 080951 Biolab Ltd.) were used as the solvent. Theextraction was performed for 30 hours at medium heat 50° C. Once theextraction has ended the n-Hexane was evaporated using the evaporator at35° C. and vacuum conditions. The process was repeated twice. Theinformation gained from the Soxhlet extractor (Soxhlet, F. Diegewichtsanalytische Bestimmung des Milchfettes, Polytechnisches J.(Dingler's) 1879, 232, 461) was used to create a calibration curve forthe Low Resonance NMR. The content of oil of all seed samples wasdetermined using the Low Resonance NMR (MARAN Ultra—Oxford Instrument)and its MultiQuant software package.

Silique length analysis—On day 50 from sowing, 30 siliques fromdifferent plants in each plot were sampled in block A. The chosensiliques were green-yellow in color and were collected from the bottomparts of a grown plant's stem. A digital photograph was taken todetermine silique's length.

Dry weight and seed yield—On day 80 from sowing, the plants from blocksA-C were harvested and left to dry at 30° C. in a drying chamber. Thevegetative portion above ground was separated from the seeds. The totalweight of the vegetative portion above ground and the seed weight ofeach plot were measured and divided by the number of plants. Dryweight=total weight of the vegetative portion above ground (excludingroots) after drying at 30° C. in a drying chamber; Seed yield perplant=total seed weight per plant (gr.).

Oil yield—The oil yield was calculated using Formula XXIX (above).

Harvest Index (seed)—The harvest index was calculated using Formula XV(above).

Experimental Results

Nine different Arabidopsis ecotypes were grown and characterized for 18parameters (named as vectors). Table 120 describes the Arabidopsiscorrelated parameters. The average for each of the measured parameterwas calculated using the JMP software (Table 121) and a subsequentcorrelation analysis was performed (Table 122). Results were thenintegrated to the database.

TABLE 120 Arabidopsis correlated parameters (vectors) Corr. Correlatedparameter with ID 1000 Seed weight [gr.], under Normal growth conditions1 Blade circularity [ratio], under Normal growth conditions 2 Dry matterper plant [gr.], under Normal growth conditions 3 Fresh weight per plantat bolting stage [gr.], under Normal 4 growth conditions Harvest index,under Normal growth conditions 5 Lamina length [cm], under Normal growthconditions 6 Lamina width [cm], under Normal growth conditions 7 Leafwidth/length [cm/cm], under Normal growth conditions 8 Oil % per seed[%], under Normal growth conditions 9 Oil yield per plant [mg], underNormal growth conditions 10 Relative root length growth day 13 [cm/day],under 11 Normal growth conditions Root length day 13 [cm], under Normalgrowth conditions 12 Root length day 7 [cm], under Normal growthconditions 13 Seeds per Pod [num], under Normal growth conditions 14Seed yield per plant [gr.], under Normal growth conditions 15 Siliquelength [cm], under Normal growth conditions 16 Total leaf area per plant[cm²], under Normal 17 growth conditions Vegetative growth rate till 8true leaves [cm²/day], under 18 Normal growth conditions Table 120.Provided are the Arabidopsis correlated parameters (correlation ID Nos.1-18). Abbreviations: “cm” = centimeter(s); “gr”. = gram(s); “mg” =milligram(s); “num” = number.

TABLE 121 Measured parameters in Arabidopsis ecotypes Corr. Line IDLine-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 Line-8 Line-9 1 0.02030.023 0.0252 0.0344 0.0202 0.0263 0.0205 0.0226 0.0235 2 0.509 0.4810.45 0.37 0.501 0.376 0.394 0.491 0.409 3 0.64 1.27 1.05 1.28 1.69 1.340.81 1.21 1.35 4 1.51 3.61 1.94 2.08 3.56 4.34 3.47 3.48 3.71 5 0.530.35 0.56 0.33 0.37 0.32 0.45 0.51 0.41 6 2.77 3.54 3.27 3.78 3.69 4.63.88 3.72 4.15 7 1.38 1.7 1.46 1.37 1.83 1.65 1.51 1.82 1.67 8 0.3530.288 0.316 0.258 0.356 0.273 0.305 0.335 0.307 9 34.4 31.2 38 27.8 35.532.9 31.6 30.8 34 10 118.6 138.7 224.1 116.3 218.3 142.1 114.2 190.1187.6 11 0.631 0.664 1.176 1.089 0.907 0.774 0.606 0.701 0.782 12 4.428.53 5.62 4.83 5.96 6.37 5.65 7.06 7.04 13 0.94 1.76 0.7 0.73 0.99 1.161.28 1.41 1.25 15 0.34 0.44 0.59 0.42 0.61 0.43 0.36 0.62 0.55 14 45.453.5 58.5 35.3 48.6 37 39.4 40.5 25.5 16 1.06 1.26 1.31 1.47 1.24 1.091.18 1.18 1 17 46.9 109.9 58.4 56.8 114.7 110.8 88.5 121.8 93 18 0.3130.378 0.484 0.474 0.425 0.645 0.43 0.384 0.471 Table 121: Provided arethe values of each of the parameters (as described above) measured inarabidopsis accessions (line). Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section.

TABLE 122 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal conditions across Arabidopsis accessions GeneCorr. Name R P value Exp. set Set ID LGD6 0.71 5.01E−02 1 7 Table 122.Provided are the correlations (R) between the genes expression levels invarious tissues and the phenotypic performance. “Corr. SetID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parameters specifiedin Table 120. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table 119. “R” =Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value.

Example 13 Production of Bean Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis with Yield Parameters Using 60K Bean (Phaseolusvulgaris L.) Oligonucleotide Micro-Arrays

In order to produce a high throughput correlation analysis, the presentinventors utilized a Bean oligonucleotide micro-array, produced byAgilent Technologies[chem(dot)agilent(dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot)asp?Page=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 60,000 Bean genes and transcripts. Inorder to define correlations between the levels of RNA expression withyield components or plant architecture related parameters or plant vigorrelated parameters, various plant characteristics of 40 differentcommercialized bean varieties were analyzed and further used for RNAexpression analysis. The correlation between the RNA levels and thecharacterized parameters was analyzed using Pearson correlation test.[davidmlane(dot)com/hyperstat/A34739(dot)html].

Experimental Procedures

Normal (Standard) growth conditions of Bean plants included 524 m³ waterper dunam (1000 square meters) per entire growth period andfertilization of 16 units nitrogen per dunam per entire growth period(normal conditions). The nitrogen can be obtained using URAN® 21%(Nitrogen Fertilizer Solution; PCS Sales, Northbrook, Ill., USA).

Analyzed Bean Tissues

Six tissues [leaf, Stem, lateral stem, lateral branch flower bud,lateral branch pod with seeds and meristem] growing under normalconditions were sampled at the flowering stage, pod setting stage, andvegetative stage and RNA was extracted as described above.

For convenience, each micro-array expression information tissue type hasreceived a Set ID as summarized in Table 123 below.

TABLE 123 Bean transcriptome expression sets Set Expression Set IDLateral branch flower bud at Flowering stage, under Normal growth 1conditions Lateral branch pod with seeds at pod setting stage, underNormal 2 growth conditions Lateral stem at pod setting stage, underNormal growth conditions 3 Lateral stem at Flowering stage, under Normalgrowth conditions 4 Leaf at pod setting stage, under Normal growthconditions 5 Leaf at Flowering stage, under Normal growth conditions 6Leaf at vegetative growth stage, under Normal growth conditions 7Meristem at vegetative growth stage, under Normal growth conditions 8Stem at vegetative growth stage, under Normal growth conditions 9 Table123: Provided are the bean transcriptome expression sets. “Lateralbranch flower bud” = flower bud from vegetative branch; “Lateral branchpod with seeds” = pod with seeds from vegetative branch; “Lateral stem”= stem from vegetative branch.

Bean Yield Components and Vigor Related Parameters Assessment

40 Bean varieties were grown in five repetitive plots, in field.Briefly, the growing protocol was as follows: Bean seeds were sown insoil and grown under normal conditions until harvest. Plants werecontinuously phenotyped during the growth period and at harvest (Table124). The image analysis system included a personal desktop computer(Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and a public domain program—ImageJ 1.37(Java based image processing program, which was developed at the U.S.National Institutes of Health and freely available on the internet[rsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/]. Next, analyzed data was saved to textfiles and processed using the JMP statistical analysis software (SASinstitute).

The collected data parameters were as follows:

% Canopy coverage—percent Canopy coverage at grain filling stage, R1flowering stage and at vegetative stage. The % Canopy coverage iscalculated using Formula XXXII above.

1000 seed weight [gr]—was calculated based on Formula XIV above.

Days till 50% flowering [days]—number of days till 50% flowering foreach plot.

Avr shoot DW—At the end of the experiment, the shoot material wascollected, measured and divided by the number of plants.

Big pods FW per plant (PS) [gr]—1 meter big pods fresh weight at podsetting divided by the number of plants.

Big pods num per plant (PS)—number of pods at development stage of R3-4period above 4 cm per plant at pod setting.

Small pods FW per plant (PS) [gr]—1 meter small pods fresh weight at podsetting divided by the number of plants.

Small pods num per plant (PS)—number of pods at development stage ofR3-4 period below 4 cm per plant at pod setting.

Pod Area [cm²]—At development stage of R3-4 period pods of three plantswere weighted, photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The pod area above 4 cm and below 4cm was measured from those images and was divided by the number of pods.

Pod Length and Pod width [cm]—At development stage of R3-4 period podsof three plants were weighted, photographed and images were processedusing the below described image processing system. The sum of podlengths/or width (longest axis) was measured from those images and wasdivided by the number of pods.

Num of lateral branches per plant [value/plant]—number of lateralbranches per plant at vegetative stage (average of two plants per plot)and at harvest (average of three plants per plot).

Relative growth rate [cm/day]: the relative growth rate (RGR) of PlantHeight is calculated using Formula III.

Leaf area per plant (PS)[cm²]=Total leaf area of 3 plants in a plot atpod setting. Measurement was performed using a Leaf area-meter.

Specific leaf area (PS) [cm²/gr]—was calculated based on Formula XXXVIIabove.

Leaf form—Leaf length (cm)/leaf width (cm), average of two plants perplot.

Leaf number per plant (PS)—Plants were characterized for leaf numberduring pod setting stage, plants were measured for their leaf number bycounting all the leaves of 3 selected plants per plot.

Plant height [cm]—Plants were characterized for height during growingperiod at 3 time points. In each measure, plants were measured for theirheight using a measuring tape. Height of main stem was measured fromfirst node above ground to last node before apex.

Seed yield per area (H)[gr.]—1 meter seeds weight at harvest.

Seed yield per plant (H)[gr.]—Average seeds weight per plant at harvestin 1 meter plot.

Seeds num per area (H)—1 meter plot seeds number at harvest.

Total seeds per plant (H)—Seeds number on lateral branch per plant+Seedsnumber on main branch per plant at harvest, average of three plants perplot.

Total seeds weight per plant (PS) [gr.]—Seeds weight on lateralbranch+Seeds weight on main branch at pod set per plant, average ofthree plants per plot.

Small pods FW per plant (PS)—Average small pods (below 4 cm) freshweight per plant at pod setting per meter.

Small pods num per plant (PS)—Number of Pods below 4 cm per plant at podsetting, average of two plants per plot.

SPAD—Plants were characterized for SPAD rate during growing period atgrain filling stage and vegetative stage. Chlorophyll content wasdetermined using a Minolta SPAD 502 chlorophyll meter and measurementwas performed 64 days post sowing. SPAD meter readings were done onyoung fully developed leaf. Three measurements per leaf were taken perplot.

Stem width (R2F)[mm]—width of the stem of the first node at R2 floweringstage, average of two plants per plot.

Total pods num per plant (H), (PS)—Pods number on lateral branch perplant+Pods number on main branch per plant at pod setting and atharvest, average of three plants per plot.

Total pods DW per plant (H) [gr]—Pods dry weight on main branch perplant+Pods dry weight on lateral branch per plant at harvest, average ofthree plants per plot.

Total pods FW per plant (PS) [gr]—Average pods fresh weight on lateralbranch+Pods weight on main branch at pod setting.

Pods weight per plant (RP) (H) [gr]—Average pods weight per plant atharvest in 1 meter.

Total seeds per plant (H), (PS)—Seeds number on lateral branch perplant+Seeds number on main branch per plant at pod setting and atharvest, average of three plants per plot.

Total seeds num per pod (H), (PS)—Total seeds num per plant divided intotal pods num per plant, average of three plants per plot.

Vegetative FW and DW per plant (PS) [gr/plant]—total weight of thevegetative portion above ground (excluding roots and pods) before andafter drying at 70° C. in oven for 48 hours at pod set, average of threeplants per plot.

Vigor till flowering [g/day]—Relative growth rate (RGR) of shootDW=Regression coefficient of shoot DW along time course (twomeasurements at vegetative stage and one measurement at floweringstage).

Vigor post flowering [g/day]—Relative growth rate (RGR) of shootDW=Regression coefficient of shoot DW measurements along time course(one measurement at flowering stage and two measurements at grainfilling stage).

Experimental Results

40 different bean varieties lines 1-40 were grown and characterized for36 parameters as specified below. Among the 40 varieties, 16 varietieswere selected for expression analysis. The average for each of themeasured parameters was calculated using the JMP software and values aresummarized in Tables 125-126 below. Subsequent correlation analysisbetween the various transcriptome sets and the average parameters wasconducted (Table 127). Follow, results were integrated to the database.

TABLE 124 Bean correlated parameters (vectors) Corre- lation Correlatedparameter with ID Avr. shoot DW [gr.], under normal growth conditions 1Big pods FW per plant (PS) [gr.], under normal growth 2 conditions Bigpods num per plant (PS) [num], under normal growth 3 conditions % Canopycoverage [%], under normal growth conditions 4 Days till 50% flowering[days], under normal growth conditions 5 Leaf area per plant (PS) [cm²],under normal growth conditions 6 Leaf form, under normal growthconditions 7 Leaf number per plant (PS) [num], under normal growth 8conditions Num of lateral branches per plant [value/plant], under normal9 growth conditions Plant height (GF) [cm], under normal growthconditions 10 Plant height (V2-V3) [cm], under normal growth conditions11 Plant height(V4-V5) [cm], under normal growth conditions 12 Pod Area[cm2], under normal growth conditions 13 Pod Length [cm], under normalgrowth conditions 14 Pods weight per plant (RP) (H) [gr.], under normalgrowth 15 conditions Pod width [cm], under normal growth conditions 16Seeds num per area (H) [num/cm²], under normal growth 17 conditions Seedyield per area (H) [gr.], under normal growth conditions 18 Seed yieldper plant (H) [gr.], under normal growth conditions 19 Small pods FW perplant (PS) [gr.], under normal growth 20 conditions Small pods num perplant (PS) [num], under normal growth 21 conditions SPAD (GF) [SPADunit], under normal growth conditions 22 SPAD (V) [SPAD unit], undernormal growth conditions 23 Specific leaf area (PS) [cm²/gr.], undernormal growth 24 conditions Stem width (R2F)[mm], under normal growthconditions 25 Total pods DW per plant (H) [gr.], under normal growth 26conditions Total pods FW per plant (PS) [gr.], under normal growth 27conditions Total pods num per plant (H), (PS) [num], under normal growth28 conditions Total seeds num per pod (H) [num], under normal growth 29conditions Total seeds num per pod (PS) [num], under normal growth 30conditions Total seeds per plant (H) [num], under normal growthconditions 31 Total seeds weight per plant (PS) [gr.], under normalgrowth 32 conditions Vegetative DW per plant (PS) [gr./plant], undernormal growth 33 conditions Vegetative FW per plant (PS) [gr./plant],under normal growth 34 conditions Vigor post flowering [gr./day], undernormal growth conditions 35 Vigor till flowering [gr./day], under normalgrowth conditions 36 Table 124. Provided are the Bean correlatedparameters (vectors). “Avr.” = average; “gr.” = grams; “SPAD” =chlorophyll levels; “PAR” = Photosynthetically active radiation; “FW” =Plant Fresh weight; “normal” = standard growth conditions; “H” =harvest; “PS” = pod setting; “V” = vegetative stage; “H” = harveststage; “GF” = grain filling stage; “PS” = pod setting; “num” = number.

TABLE 125 Measured parameters in bean varieties (lines 1-8) Line Corr.ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 Line-8 4 89.6 82.866.4 78.9 79.3 72.3 82.8 90.5 1 16.2 28.6 14 18.7 23.2 19.3 18.4 27.8 2NA NA NA 67.4 NA 38.2 NA 76.4 3 24.2 36 25.2 35.2 19.5 65 28.5 26.5 5 5555 55 55 48 55 55 48 6 211.7 242.1 183 307.1 306.5 133.1 253.1 308.1 71.64 1.59 1.53 1.32 1.59 1.58 1.47 1.56 8 4.73 4.67 4.67 6.07 5 4.73 56.17 9 7.93 6.06 7 6.2 7.27 7.93 6.93 7 10 36.8 32 30.8 34.8 34.4 31.551.7 37.7 11 4.39 5.81 4.53 4.8 5.19 3.67 6.41 5.75 12 11.4 10.6 8.311.2 14.8 7.6 17.5 16.6 13 6.53 7.6 9.59 4.29 5.83 3.69 8.53 8.04 14 1110.5 13.4 7.7 9.6 8.3 13.1 11.3 16 0.714 0.75 0.872 0.593 0.579 0.480.732 0.825 15 11.7 20.3 15.1 15.2 20.2 16 14.4 23.1 22 40.2 38.4 34.536.2 38.6 37.7 40.5 NA 23 36 40 30.8 39.4 33.7 31.4 35.4 40.1 18 342.4243.2 284.4 457.2 493.7 196.7 457.7 430.6 19 6.31 4.73 8.7 8.29 9.284.53 8.4 9.2 17 3635.2 1588.7 1958.3 3879.6 3207.6 2875.2 3218.2 3485.820 0.62 2.16 1.52 2.06 0.72 1.15 0.87 0.6 21 0.5 3.75 0.25 6 4.75 9.51.75 1.5 24 226.3 226.1 211.4 222.3 207.3 213 201 207.3 25 5.79 5.656.14 5.84 6.01 5.39 6.1 5.83 26 12.8 15.6 15.4 20.7 16.5 13.9 19.2 30.427 33 122.7 60.4 105 40.2 61.1 50.4 33.1 28 27.1 19.4 17.6 24.7 17.946.1 18.5 38.3 29 3.32 3.32 3.92 4.68 3.94 2.81 4.46 3.93 30 2.64 2.223.94 2.35 4.13 1.02 3.66 0.63 31 90.5 64.2 70.2 111 3 67.7 128.6 81151.8 32 87.6 51.9 117.2 79 68.9 29.4 92.6 9.2 33 16.3 NA 14.8 13.5 11.418.8 16.4 12.6 34 91.6 62.4 81.5 65.6 64.5 61.8 85.8 71.1 35 0.92 1.261.04 2.03 1.97 1.67 0.87 0.84 36 0.444 0.607 0.268 0.456 0.52 0.3521.098 1.183 Table 125. Provided are the values of each of the parameters(as described above) measured in Bean accessions (Line). Growthconditions are specified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 126 Measured parameters in bean varieties (lines 9-16) Line Corr.ID Line-9 Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 Line-13 Line-14 Line-15 Line-16 4 76.976.7 85.9 82.1 77.8 73.8 76.4 71.7 1 15.8 31.4 26.4 24.7 20.1 14.4 1822.6 2 NA NA NA NA NA 49.4 43.7 71.5 3 39.2 33.2 31 28.2 35.2 38.8 35.528 5 55 48 55 55 55 55 55 55 6 161.6 193.3 145.6 204.9 194.5 157.5 155194.4 7 1.46 1.4 1.55 1.51 1.45 1.53 1.52 1.58 8 3.21 4.47 4 4.2 4.73 55.42 4.11 9 7.6 7.6 5.73 6.47 6.87 9.67 7.53 7.58 10 43.7 34.6 32.9 38.337.6 28.9 39.8 33 11 6.25 7.1 5.16 5.95 5.94 3.92 4.5 5.85 12 14.1 14.410.4 13.2 12.1 8.4 9.7 11.2 13 6.95 6.62 8.59 7.34 7.29 5.73 5.7 10.0914 10.1 10 11.6 10.7 10.5 11 9.1 11.8 16 0.723 0.627 0.835 0.728 0.7750.619 0.679 0.871 15 14.9 17.8 13.5 11.9 14.5 17.1 15.1 20.4 22 43.6 NA40.8 41.6 44.5 39.4 NA NA 23 30.4 38.6 37.5 36.3 35.1 35.8 35 35.7 18528.8 449.3 403.1 381.9 521.6 198.1 371.1 260 19 9.46 10.86 8.19 6.868.72 4.02 6.55 6.99 17 3534 2342.2 3232.8 2522.4 3492.6 3012.2 3953.81768.2 20 1.57 0 1.22 1.68 1.76 0.8 1.27 1.79 21 6 6 1.5 1.75 4.5 1 53.5 24 218.9 205.6 187.8 243 169.3 257.8 238.2 208.4 25 5.69 5.99 5.675.5 5.26 4.91 6 6.04 26 19.1 29.8 24.1 15.1 13.1 15.3 10.8 26 27 92.93.3 66.4 97.9 105.6 41.2 81.8 67.2 28 22.5 24.5 22.3 18.4 15.8 38.3 18.924.2 29 3.54 3.85 5.33 4 3.91 3.09 3.77 3.78 30 3.58 1.45 4.82 3.54 3.51.61 0.81 0.74 31 77.4 95.9 120.8 72.5 60.4 138.2 70.5 92.2 32 79.8 29.296.7 88.4 87.9 77.9 20 14 33 13.7 NA 18.3 14.8 14.5 17 10 7.1 34 74.957.6 87.5 74.5 68.2 77.5 56.8 70 35 0.95 1.31 2.16 1.46 1.04 1.35 NA NA36 0.51 0.506 0.633 0.516 0.544 0.38 0.39 1.157 Table 126. Provided arethe values of each of the parameters (as described above) measured inbean accessions (Line). Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section.

TABLE 127 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal conditions across “fine” and “extra fine” beanvarieties Gene Exp. Corr. Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set Set ID NameR P value set Set ID LGD3 0.73 2.35E−04 4 24 LGD9 0.71 2.42E−04 7 19LGD9 0.75 6.56E−05 7 18 Table 127. Provided are the correlations (R)between the genes expression levels in various tissues and thephenotypic performance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation set ID according tothe correlated parameters specified in Table 167. “Exp. Set”—Expressionset specified in Table 166. “R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” =p value.

Example 14 Production of Foxtail Millet Transcriptome and HighThroughput Correlation Analysis Using 60K Foxtail Millet OligonucleotideMicro-Array

In order to produce a high throughput correlation analysis comparingbetween plant phenotype and gene expression level, the present inventorsutilized a foxtail millet oligonucleotide micro-array, produced byAgilent Technologies[chem(dot)agilent(dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot)asp?Page=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 60K foxtail millet genes andtranscripts. In order to define correlations between the levels of RNAexpression and yield or vigor related parameters, various plantcharacteristics of 14 different foxtail millet accessions were analyzed.Among them, 11 accessions encompassing the observed variance wereselected for RNA expression analysis. The correlation between the RNAlevels and the characterized parameters was analyzed using Pearsoncorrelation test [davidmlane(dot)com/hyperstat/A34739(dot)html].

Experimental Procedures

Fourteen Foxtail millet accessions in 5 repetitive plots, in the field.Foxtail millet seeds were sown in soil and grown under normal condition[15 units of Nitrogen (kg nitrogen per dunam)], reduced nitrogenfertilization (2.5-3.0 units of Nitrogen in the soil (based on soilmeasurements) and reduced stands in the field [i.e., 8 plants per meterper row as compared to “standard” stands of 17 plants per meter row].

Analyzed Foxtail millet tissues—seven tissues [leaf, flower, head, root,stem node, stem and vein] at different developmental stages,representing different plant characteristics, were sampled and RNA wasextracted as described above. Each micro-array expression informationtissue type has received a Set ID as summarized in Tables 128-129 below.

TABLE 128 Foxtail millet transcriptome expression sets under normalconditions Set Expression Set ID Flag leaf at grain filling stage, undernormal growth conditions 1 Flag leaf at heading stage, under normalgrowth conditions 2 Flower at heading stage, under normal growthconditions 3 Head at grain filling stage, under normal growth conditions4 Leaf at seedling stage, under normal growth conditions 5 Low stem atheading stage, under normal growth conditions 6 Mature leaf at grainfilling stage, under normal growth conditions 7 Root at seedling stage,under normal growth conditions 8 Stem at seedling stage, under normalgrowth conditions 9 Stem node at grain filling stage, under normalgrowth conditions 10 Up stem at grainfilling stage, under normal growthconditions 11 Up stem at heading stage, under normal growth conditions12 Vein at grain filling stage, under normal growth conditions 13 Table128. Provided are the foxtail millet transcriptome expression sets undernormal conditions.

TABLE 129 Foxtail millet transcriptome expression sets under low Nconditions Set Expression Set ID Flag leaf at grainfilling stage, underlow nitrogen growth conditions 1 Flag leaf at heading stage, under lownitrogen growth conditions 2 Flower at heading stage, under low nitrogengrowth conditions 3 Head at grainfilling stage, under low nitrogengrowth conditions 4 Low stem at heading stage, under low nitrogen growthconditions 5 Mature leaf at grainfilling stage, under low nitrogengrowth 6 conditions Stem node at grainfilling stage, under low nitrogengrowth conditions 7 Up stem at grainfilling stage, under low nitrogengrowth conditions 8 Up stem at heading stage, under low nitrogen growthconditions 9 Vein at grainfilling stage, under low nitrogen growthconditions 10 Table 129. Provided are the foxtail millet transcriptomeexpression sets under low N conditions

Foxtail millet yield components and vigor related parametersassessment—Plants were continuously phenotyped during the growth periodand at harvest (Tables 130-131, below). The image analysis systemincluded a personal desktop computer (Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and apublic domain program—ImageJ 1.37 (Java based image processing program,which was developed at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and freelyavailable on the internet [rsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/]. Next, analyzeddata was saved to text files and processed using the JMP statisticalanalysis software (SAS institute).

The following parameters were collected using digital imaging system:

At the end of the growing period the grains were separated from theplant ‘Head’ and the following parameters were measured and collected:

(i) Average Grain Area (cm²)—A sample of ˜200 grains was weighted,photographed and images were processed using the below described imageprocessing system. The grain area was measured from those images and wasdivided by the number of grains.

(ii) Average Grain Length and width (cm)—A sample of ˜200 grains wasweighted, photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The sum of grain lengths and width(longest axis) was measured from those images and was divided by thenumber of grains.

At the end of the growing period 14 ‘Heads’ were photographed and imageswere processed using the below described image processing system.

(i) Head Average Area (cm²)—The ‘Head’ area was measured from thoseimages and was divided by the number of ‘Heads’.

(ii) Head Average Length (mm)—The ‘Head’ length (longest axis) wasmeasured from those images and was divided by the number of ‘Heads’.

The image processing system was used, which consists of a personaldesktop computer (Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and a public domainprogram—ImageJ 1.37, Java based image processing software, which wasdeveloped at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and is freelyavailable on the internet at rsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/. Images werecaptured in resolution of 10 Mega Pixels (3888×2592 pixels) and storedin a low compression JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group standard)format. Next, image processing output data for seed area and seed lengthwas saved to text files and analyzed using the JMP statistical analysissoftware (SAS institute).

Additional parameters were collected either by sampling 5 plants perplot (SP) or by measuring the parameter across all the plants within theplot (RP).

Total Grain Weight (gr.)—At the end of the experiment (plant ‘Heads’)heads from plots were collected, the heads were threshed and grains wereweighted. In addition, the average grain weight per head was calculatedby dividing the total grain weight by number of total heads per plot(based on plot).

Head weight and head number—At the end of the experiment, heads wereharvested from each plot and were counted and weighted (kg.).

Biomass at harvest—At the end of the experiment the vegetative materialfrom plots was weighted.

Dry weight—total weight of the vegetative portion above ground(excluding roots) after drying at 70° C. in oven for 48 hours atharvest.

Total dry mater per plot—Calculated as Vegetative portion above groundplus all the heads dry weight per plot.

Num days to anthesis—Calculated as the number of days from sowing till50% of the plot arrives anthesis.

Total No. of tillers—all tillers were counted per plot at two timepoints at the Vegetative growth (30 days after sowing) and at harvest.

SPAD—Chlorophyll content was determined using a Minolta SPAD 502chlorophyll meter and measurement was performed at time of flowering.SPAD meter readings were done on young fully developed leaf. Threemeasurements per leaf were taken per plot.

Root FW (gr.), root length (cm) and No. of lateral roots—one plant perplot (5 repeated plots) were selected for measurement of root weight,root length and for counting the number of lateral roots formed.

Shoot FW (fresh weight)—weight of one plant per plot were recorded atdifferent time-points.

Grain N (H)—% N content of dry matter in the grain at harvest.

Head N (GF)—% N content of dry matter in the head at grain filling.

Total shoot N—calculated as the % N (Nitrogen) content multiplied by theweight of plant shoot

Total grain N—calculated as the % N (Nitrogen) content multiplied by theweight of plant grain yield.

NUE [kg/kg]—was calculated based on Formula LI.

NUpE [kg/kg]—was calculated based on Formula LII.

Grain NUtE—was calculated based on Formula LV.

Total NUtE was calculated based on Formula LIII.

Stem volume—was calculated based on Formula L above.

Stem density—was calculated based on Formula LIV.

Maintenance of performance under low N conditions—Represent ratio forthe specified parameter of low N condition results divided by Normalconditions results (maintenance of phenotype under low N in comparisonto normal conditions).

Data parameters collected are summarized in Tables 130-131 herein below

TABLE 130 Foxtail millet correlated parameters under normal and low Nconditions (vectors) - set 1 Correlated parameter with Correlation IDAverage Grain Area [cm²] 1 Average Grain Length [cm] 2 Head number (SP)[num], 3 Head weight (RP) [kg] 4 Head weight (SP) [kg] 5 No. of lateralroots [num] 6 Root length [cm] 7 SPAD [SPAD unit] 8 Table 130. Providedare the foxtail millet collected parameters under normal and low Nconditions. “num” = number “cm” = centimeter; “SPAD” = chlorophylllevels; “SP” = selected plants; “RP” = rest of the plot; “kg” =kilogram.”

TABLE 131 Foxtail millet additional correlated parameters under normaland low N conditions (vectors) - set 2 Correlated parameter withCorrelation ID Grain N (H) [%] 1 Grain NUtE [Float value] 2 NUE [kg/kg]3 NUpE [kg/kg] 4 Total grain N [mg] 5 Total NUtE [Float value] 6 Totalshoot N [mg] 7 Table 131. Provided are the foxtail millet collectedparameters under normal and low N conditions. “N” = nitrogen; “NutE” =Nitrogen utilization efficiency; “NUE” = Nitrogen use efficiency; “NupE”= Nitrogen uptake efficiency; “mg” = milligram.

Experimental Results

Fourteen different foxtail millet accessions were grown andcharacterized for different parameters as described above. The averagefor each of the measured parameters was calculated using the JMPsoftware and values are summarized in Tables 132-139 below. Subsequentcorrelation analysis between the various transcriptome sets and theaverage parameters was conducted (Tables 140-143). Follow, results wereintegrated to the database.

TABLE 132 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtail milletaccessions under normal conditions (set 1 parameters) Corr. Line IDLine-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 1 0.0357 0.0295 0.03080.0315 0.0341 0.0339 0.0243 2 0.245 0.256 0.256 0.251 0.268 0.274 0.1973 7.2 94 87.6 295.4 114 122.4 29.8 4 1.306 0.865 0.888 1.069 1.022 0.9841.103 5 0.181 0.104 0.117 0.245 0.213 0.227 0.222 6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 8 60.8 NA NA 54.7 49.9 57.5 58.6 Table 132:Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as described above)measured in Foxtail millet accessions (Line). Growth conditions arespecified in the experimental procedure section. “NA” = not available

TABLE 133 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in additional foxtailmillet accessions under normal conditions (set 1 parameters) Corr. LineID Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 Line-13 Line-14 1 0.0295 0.03190.0263 0.0262 0.0338 0.0303 0.0372 2 0.242 0.23 0.212 0.221 0.259 0.2410.272 1 129.2 11 13.2 53.6 32.8 60.6 323.2 4 0.984 1.286 1.035 0.4210.999 0.99 1.023 5 0.244 0.296 0.178 0.101 0.224 0.244 0.231 6 NA NA NANA NA NA NA 7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 8 55.4 55 NA NA NA NA 55.9 Table 133:Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as described above)measured in Foxtail millet accessions Line). Growth conditions arespecified in the experimental procedure section. “NA” = not available

TABLE 134 Additional measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtailmillet accessions under normal conditions (set 2 parameters) Corr. LineID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 1 1.77 2.36 NA 1.982.07 2.13 2.13 2 0.556 0.286 NA 0.677 0.595 0.673 0.673 3 1.83 1.21 1.311.64 1.4 1.49 1.84 4 35.5 32.9 NA 34.7 31.4 33.9 41.8 6 0.1008 0.1214 NA0.0862 0.0824 0.0805 0.0841 5 612.8 543.7 NA 613.7 551.8 602 742.8 Table134: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as describedabove) measured in Foxtail millet accessions (Line). Growth conditionsare specified in the experimental procedure section. “NA” = notavailable

TABLE 135 Additional measured parameters of correlation IDs inadditional foxtail millet accessions under normal conditions (set 2parameters) Line Corr. ID Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 Line-13Line-14 1 NA 1.79 3.05 NA 1.85 NA 1.97 2 NA 0.755 0.251 NA 0.5 NA 0.3283 1.39 2.54 1.18 0.49 1.66 1.58 1.58 4 NA 48.9 40.6 0 34 NA 35.9 6 NA0.0972 0.1245 NA 0.1283 NA 0.0953 5 NA 865 682.1 NA 583.6 NA 590.9 Table135: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as describedabove) measured in Foxtail millet accessions (Line). Growth conditionsare specified in the experimental procedure section. “NA” = notavailable

TABLE 136 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtail milletaccessions under low N conditions (set 1 parameters) Corr. Line IDLine-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 1 0.0356 0.0299 0.03110.0324 0.0339 0.0343 0.024 2 0.245 0.256 0.261 0.253 0.266 0.275 0.195 38.2 57 64.6 214 69.2 117.8 31.8 4 1.178 0.807 1.168 1.065 0.879 0.7680.761 5 0.18 0.157 0.184 0.229 0.168 0.187 0.143 6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Table 136: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Foxtail millet accessions(Line). Growth conditions are specified in the experimental proceduresection. “NA” = not available.

TABLE 137 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in additional foxtailmillet accessions under low N conditions (set 1 parameters) Corr. LineID Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 Line-13 Line-14 1 0.0303 0.03250.0257 0.0277 0.0353 0.0321 0.0373 2 0.246 0.228 0.212 0.227 0.26 0.2490.276 3 99.2 7 14.6 30.8 28.8 68.2 215.2 4 0.781 1.144 1.067 0.805 1.0131.087 0.824 5 0.177 0.242 0.207 0.121 0.241 0.263 0.169 6 NA NA NA NA NANA NA 7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Table 137: Provided are the values of eachof the parameters (as described above) measured in Foxtail milletaccessions (Line). Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section. “NA” = not available.

TABLE 138 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in foxtail milletaccessions under low N conditions (set 2 parameters) Line Corr. IDLine-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 1 NA 2.03 1.86 1.6 1.591.97 NA 2 NA 0.414 0.729 0.737 0.853 0.739 NA 3 29.9 20.5 34.4 29.7 22.323 22.6 4 NA 464.8 688.2 516.1 380 484.9 NA 6 NA 0.1213 0.1036 0.09960.0996 0.0874 NA 5 NA 415.3 641 475.7 353.9 453.8 NA 7 NA 49.5 47.2 40.426.2 31.1 NA Table 138: Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Foxtail millet accessions(Line). Growth conditions are specified in the experimental proceduresection. “NA” = not available.

TABLE 139 Measured parameters of correlation IDs in additional foxtailmillet accessions under low N conditions (set 2 parameters) Line Corr.ID Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 Line-13 Line-14 1 2.26 1.431.76 NA 1.81 NA 1.94 2 0.775 0.866 0.355 NA 0.718 NA 0.465 3 20.7 37.125.4 21 34 34.8 26.2 4 493.5 572.8 517.9 0 661.9 NA 565.2 6 0.073 0.11550.164 NA 0.1196 NA 0.0972 5 466.8 529.9 446.5 NA 614.6 NA 508.8 7 26.742.8 71.5 NA 47.3 NA 56.4 Table 139: Provided are the values of each ofthe parameters (as described above) measured in Foxtail milletaccessions (Line). Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section. “NA” = not available.

TABLE 140 Coffelation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal conditions (set 1 parameters) across Foxtailmillet varieties Gene Exp. Corr. Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set SetID Name R P value set Set ID LGB2 0.73 1.66E−02 12 3 LGB4 0.83 2.70E−033 3 LGB4 0.78 7.37E−03 11 3 LGB4 0.75 1.20E−02 1 5 Table 140. Providedare the correlations (R) between the genes expression levels in varioustissues and the phenotypic performance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation setID according to the correlated parameters specified in Table 130. “Exp.Set”—Expression set specified in Table 128. “R” = Pearson correlationcoefficient; “P” = p value

TABLE 141 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal conditions (set 2 parameters) across Foxtailmillet varieties Gene Exp. Corr. Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set SetID Name R P value set Set ID LGB2 0.75 1.93E−02 4 1 LGB2 0.93 2.21E−03 26 LGB2 0.84 9.67E−03 11 1 LGB2 0.76 2.72E−02 11 6 LGB5 0.72 4.35E−02 5 1LGB5 0.72 4.34E−02 11 LGB5 0.72 4.21E−02 9 1 Table 141 Provided are thecorrelations (R) between the genes expression levels in various tissuesand the phenotypic performance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation set IDaccording to the correlated parameters specified in Table 131. “Exp.Set”—Expression set specified in Table 128. “R” = Pearson correlationcoefficient; “P” = p value.

TABLE 142 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under low N conditions (set 2 parameters) across Foxtailmillet varieties Gene Corr. Set Name R P value Exp. set ID LGB5 0.741.54E−02 4 7 Table 162. Provided are the correlations (R) between thegenes expression levels in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation set ID according to thecorrelated parameters specified in Table 131. “Exp. Set”—Expression setspecified in Table 129. “R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = pvalue.

TABLE 143 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under low N conditions (set 1 parameters) across Foxtailmillet varieties Gene P Exp. Corr. Gene P Exp. Corr. Name R value setSet ID Name R value set Set ID LGB4 0.85 1.67E−03 9 3 LGB4 0.80 5.19E−032 3 Table 143. Provided are the correlations (R) between the genesexpression levels in various tissues and the phenotypic performance.“Corr Set ID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parametersspecified in Table 130 and expression sets of Table 129; “P” = p value.

Example 15 Production of Cotton Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis with Yield and ABST Related Parameters Using 60KCotton Oligonucleotide Micro-Arrays

In order to produce a high throughput correlation analysis between plantphenotype and gene expression level, the present inventors utilized acotton oligonucleotide micro-array, produced by Agilent Technologies[chem(dot)agilent (dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot)asp?lPage=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 60,000 cotton genes and transcripts. Inorder to define correlations between the levels of RNA expression withABST and yield and components or vigor related parameters, various plantcharacteristics of 13 different cotton ecotypes were analyzed andfurther used for RNA expression analysis. The correlation between theRNA levels and the characterized parameters was analyzed using Pearsoncorrelation test [davidmlane(dot)com/hyperstat/A34739(dot)html].

Correlation of Cotton Varieties Across Ecotypes Grown Under Regular andDrought Growth Conditions

Experimental Procedures

13 Cotton ecotypes were grown in 5-11 repetitive plots, in field.Briefly, the growing protocol was as follows:

Regular growth conditions: Cotton plants were grown in the field usingcommercial fertilization and irrigation protocols [623 m³ water perdunam (1000 square meters) per entire growth period, fertilization of 24units of 12% nitrogen, 12 units of 6% phosphorous and 12 units of 6%potassium per entire growth periods. Plot size of 5 meter long, tworows, 8 plants per meter].

Drought growth conditions: Cotton seeds were sown in soil and grownunder normal condition until first squares were visible (40 days fromsowing), drought treatment was employed by irrigating with 75% water incomparison to the normal treatment [472 m³ water per dunam (1000 squaremeters) per entire growth period].

Analyzed Cotton tissues—Eight tissues [mature leaf, lower and upper mainstem, flower, main mature boll, fruit, ovule with fiber (Day) and ovulewith fiber (Night)] from plants growing under normal conditions weresampled and RNA was extracted as described above.

Eight tissues [mature lead (Day), mature leaf (Night), lower main stem,upper main stem, main flower, main mature boll, ovule and fiber (Day)and ovule with fiber (night)] from plants growing under droughtconditions were sampled and RNA was extracted as described above.

Each micro-array expression information tissue type has received a SetID as summarized in Tables 144-145 below.

TABLE 144 Cotton transcriptome expression sets under normal conditions(normal expression set 1) Expression Set Set ID Fruit at 10 DPA atreproductive stage under normal growth 1 conditions Lower main stem atreproductive stage under normal growth 2 conditions Main flower atreproductive stage under normal growth 3 conditions Main mature boll atreproductive stage under normal growth 4 conditions Mature leaf (day) atreproductive stage under normal 5 conditions Mature leaf (night) atreproductive stage under normal 6 conditions Ovule and fiber (day) atreproductive stage under normal 7 conditions Ovule and fiber (night) atreproductive stage under normal 8 conditions Upper main stem atreproductive stage under normal growth 9 conditions Table 144: Providedare the cotton transcriptome expression sets. All tissues were collectedduring day light, except Mature leaf and ovule that were collected alsoduring night. Lower main stem = the main stem adjacent to main matureboll; Upper main stem = the main stem adjacent to the main flower; Mainflower = reproductive organ on the third position on the mainstem(position 3); Fruit at 10DPA = reproductive organ ten days afteranthesis on the main stem (position 2); Main mature boll = reproductiveorgan on the first position on the main stem (position 1).

TABLE 145 Cotton transcriptome expression sets under drought conditions(drought expression set 1) Expression Set Set ID Lower main stemreproductive stage under drought growth 1 conditions Main flower atreproductive stage under drought growth 2 conditions Main mature boll atreproductive stage under drought growth 3 conditions Mature leaf duringnight at reproductive stage under drought 4 growth conditions Ovule withfiber at reproductive stage during day under drought 5 growth conditionsOvule with fiber at reproductive stage during night under 6 droughtgrowth conditions Upper main stem at reproductive stage under droughtgrowth 7 conditions Table 145: Provided are the cotton transcriptomeexpression sets. Lower main stem = the main stem adjacent to main matureboll, Upper main stem = the main stem adjacent to the main flower, Mainflower = reproductive organ on the third position on the main stem(position 3), Fruit at 10DPA = reproductive organ ten days afteranthesis on the main stem (position 2), Main mature boll = reproductiveorgan on the first position on the main stem (position 1), Ovule andfiber were sampled either at day or night hours.

Cotton yield components and vigor related parameters assessment—13Cotton ecotypes in 5-11 repetitive plots, each plot containingapproximately 80 plants were grown in field. Plants were regularlyfertilized and watered during plant growth until harvesting (asrecommended for commercial growth). Plants were continuously phenotypedduring the growth period and at harvest (Tables 198-199). The imageanalysis system included a personal desktop computer (Intel P4 3.0 GHzprocessor) and a public domain program—ImageJ 1.37 (Java based imageprocessing program, which was developed at the U.S. National Institutesof Health and freely available on the internet [rsbweb (dot) nih (dot)gov/]. Next, analyzed data was saved to text files and processed usingthe JMP statistical analysis software (SAS institute).

The following parameters were measured and collected:

Total Bolls yield (RP)[gr]—Total boll weight (including fiber) per plot.

Total bolls yield per plant (RP)[gr]—Total boll weight (including fiber)per plot divided by the number of plants.

Fiber yield (RP)[gr]—Total fiber weight per plot.

Fiber yield per plant (RP) [gr]—Total fiber weight in plot divided bythe number of plants.

Fiber yield per boll (RP) [gr]—Total fiber weight in plot divided by thenumber of bolls.

Estimated Avr Fiber yield (MB) po. 1 (H) [gr]—Weight of the fiber on themain branch in position 1 at harvest.

Estimated Avr Fiber yield (MB) po. 3 (H) [gr]—Weight of the fiber on themain branch in position 3 at harvest.

Estimated Avr Bolls FW (MB) po. 1 (H) [gr]—Weight of the fiber on themain branch in position 1 at harvest.

Estimated Avr Bolls FW (MB) po. 3 (H) [gr]—Weight of the fiber on themain branch in position 3 at harvest.

Fiber Length (RP)—Measure Fiber Length in inch from the rest of theplot.

Fiber Length Position 1 (SP)—Fiber length at position 1 from theselected plants. Measure Fiber Length in inch.

Fiber Length Position 3 (SP)—Fiber length at position 3 from theselected plants. Measure Fiber Length in inch.

Fiber Strength (RP)—Fiber Strength from the rest of the plot. Measuredin grams per denier.

Fiber Strength Position 3 (SP)—Fiber strength at position 3 from theselected plants. Measured in grams per denier.

Micronaire (RP)—fiber fineness and maturity from the rest of the plot.The scale that was used was 3.7-4.2-for Premium; 4.3-4.9-Base Range;above 5-Discount Range.

Micronaire Position 1 (SP)—fiber fineness and maturity from position 1from the selected plants. The scale that was used was 3.7-4.2-forPremium; 4.3-4.9-Base Range; above 5-Discount Range.

Micronaire Position 3 (SP)—fiber fineness and maturity from position 3from the selected plants. The scale that was used was 3.7-4.2-forPremium; 4.3-4.9-Base Range; above 5-Discount Range.

Short Fiber Content (RP (%)—short fiber content from the rest of theplot

Uniformity (RP) (%)—fiber uniformity from the rest of the plot

Carbon isotope discrimination—(‰)—isotopic ratio of 13C to 12C in planttissue was compared to the isotopic ratio of 13C to 12C in theatmosphere.

Leaf temp (V) (° Celsius)—leaf temperature was measured at vegetativestage using Fluke IR thermometer 568 device. Measurements were done on 4plants per plot.

Leaf temp (10 DPA) (° Celsius)—Leaf temperature was measured 10 dayspost anthesis using Fluke IR thermometer 568 device. Measurements weredone on 4 plants per plot.

Stomatal conductance (10 DPA)—(mmol m⁻² s⁻¹)—plants were evaluated fortheir stomata conductance using SC-1 Leaf Porometer (Decagon devices) 10days post anthesis. Stomata conductance readings were done on fullydeveloped leaf, for 2 leaves and 2 plants per plot.

Stomatal conductance (17 DPA)—(mmol m⁻² s⁻¹)—plants were evaluated fortheir stomata conductance using SC-1 Leaf Porometer (Decagon devices) 17days post anthesis. Stomata conductance readings were done on fullydeveloped leaf, for 2 leaves and 2 plants per plot.

% Canopy coverage (10 DPA) (F)—percent Canopy coverage 10 days postanthesis and at flowering stage. The % Canopy coverage is calculatedusing Formula XXXII above.

Leaf area (10 DPA) (cm²)—Total green leaves area 10 days post anthesis.

PAR LAI (10 DPA)—Photosynthetically active radiation 10 days postanthesis.

SPAD (17 DPA)[SPAD unit]—Plants were characterized for SPAD rate 17 dayspost anthesis. Chlorophyll content was determined using a Minolta SPAD502 chlorophyll meter. Four measurements per leaf were taken per plot.

SPAD (pre F)—Plants were characterized for SPAD rate duringpre-flowering

stage. Chlorophyll content was determined using a Minolta SPAD 502chlorophyll meter. Four measurements per leaf were taken per plot.

SPAD rate—the relative growth rate (RGR) of SPAD (Formula IV) asdescribed above.

Leaf mass fraction (10 DPA) [cm²/gr.]—leaf mass fraction 10 days postanthesis.

The leaf mass fraction is calculated using Formula XXXIII above.

Lower Stem width (H) [mm]—This parameter was measured at harvest. Lowerinternodes from 8 plants per plot were separated from the plant and thediameter was measured using a caliber. The average internode width perplant was calculated by dividing the total stem width by the number ofplants.

Upper Stem width (H) [mm]—This parameter was measured at harvest.

Upper intemodes from 8 plants per plot were separated from the plant andthe diameter was measured using a caliber. The average internode widthper plant was calculated by dividing the total stem width by the numberof plants.

Plant height (H)[cm]—plants were measured for their height at harvestusing a measuring tape. Height of main stem was measured from ground toapical mersitem base. Average of eight plants per plot was calculated.

Plant height growth [cm/day]—the relative growth rate (RGR) of PlantHeight (Formula III above) as described above.

Shoot DW (V) [gr.]—Shoot dry weight at vegetative stage after drying at70° C. in oven for 48 hours. Total weight of 3 plants in a plot.

Shoot DW (10 DPA) [gr]—Shoot dry weight at 10 days post anthesis, afterdrying at 70° C. in oven for 48 hours. Total weight of 3 plants in aplot.

Bolls num per plant (RP)[num]—Average bolls number per plant from therest of the plot.

Reproductive period duration [num]—number of days from flowering toharvest for each plot.

Closed Bolls num per plant (RP) [num]—Average closed bolls number perplant from the rest of the plot.

Closed Bolls num per plant (SP) [num]—Average closed bolls number perplant from selected plants.

Open Bolls num per plant (SP) [num]—Average open bolls number per plantfrom selected plants, average of eight plants per plot.

Num of lateral branches with open bolls (H) [num]—count of number oflateral branches with open bolls at harvest, average of eight plants perplot.

Num of nodes with open bolls (MS) (H) [num]—count of number of nodeswith open bolls on main stem at harvest, average of eight plants perplot.

Seeds yield per plant (RP) [gr]—Total weight of seeds in plot divided inplants number.

Estimated Avr Seeds yield (MB) po. 1 (H) [gr]—Total weight of seeds inposition one per plot divided by plants number.

Estimated Avr Seeds yield (MB) po. 3 (H) [gr]—Total weight of seeds inposition three per plot divided by plants number.

Estimated Avr Seeds num (MB) po. 1 (H) [num]—Total number of seeds inposition one per plot divided by plants number.

Estimated Avr Seeds num (MB) po. 3 (H) [num]—Total number of seeds inposition three per plot divided by plants number.

1000 seeds weight (RP) [gr.]—was calculated based on Formula XIV.

Experimental Results

13 different cotton varieties were grown and characterized for differentparameters (Tables 146-147). The average for each of the measuredparameter was calculated using the imp software (Tables 148-151) and asubsequent correlation analysis between the various transcriptome sets(Tables 144-145) and the average parameters, was conducted (Tables152-153). Results were then integrated to the database.

TABLE 146 Cotton correlated parameters under normal growth conditions(vectors) (parameters set 1) Correlated parameter with Corr. ID 1000seeds weight (RP) [gr.], under Normal growth conditions 1 Closed Bollsnum per plant (RP) [num], under Normal growth conditions 2 Closed Bollsnum per plant (SP) [num], under Normal growth conditions 3 EstimatedAvr. Bolls FW (MB) po. 1 (H) [gr.], under Normal growth 4 conditionsEstimated Avr. Bolls FW (MB) po. 3 (H) [gr.], under Normal growth 5conditions Estimated Avr. Fiber yield (MB) po. 1 (H) [gr.], under Normalgrowth 6 conditions Estimated Avr. Fiber yield (MB) po. 3 (H) [gr.],under Normal growth 7 conditions Estimated Avr. Seeds num (MB) po. 1 (H)[num], under Normal growth 8 conditions Estimated Avr. Seeds num (MB)po. 3 (H) [num], under Normal growth 9 conditions Estimated Avr. Seedsyield (MB) po. 1 (H) [gr.], under Normal growth 10 conditions EstimatedAvr. Seeds yield (MB) po. 3 (H) [gr.], under Normal growth 11 conditionsFiber yield per boll (RP) [gr.], under Normal growth conditions 12 Fiberyield per plant (RP) [gr.], under Normal growth conditions 13 Leaf massfraction (10DPA) [cm²/gr.], under Normal growth conditions 14 Lower Stemwidth (H) [mm], under Normal growth conditions 15 Num of lateralbranches with open bolls (H) [number], under Normal growth 16 conditionsNum of nodes with open bolls (MS) (H) [number], under Normal growth 17conditions Open Bolls num per plant (SP) [number], under Normal growthconditions 18 Plant height growth [cm/day], under Normal growthconditions 19 Plant height (H) [cm], under Normal growth conditions 20Reproductive period duration [number], under Normal growth conditions 21Seeds yield per plant (RP) [gr.], under Normal growth conditions 22Shoot DW (10DPA) [gr.], under Normal growth conditions 23 Shoot DW (V)[gr.], under Normal growth conditions 24 SPAD (17DPA) [SPAD unit], underNormal growth conditions 25 Total Bolls yield (RP) [gr.], under Normalgrowth conditions 26 Upper Stem width (H) [mm], under Normal growthconditions 27 Table 146. Provided are the Cotton correlated parameters(vectors). “RP”—Rest of plot; “SP” = selected plants; “gr.” = grams; “H”= Harvest; “in”—inch; “SP”—Selected plants; “SPAD” = chlorophyll levels;“FW” = Plant Fresh weight; “DPA”—Days post anthesis; “mm”—millimeter;“cm”—centimeter; “num”—number; “Avr.” = average; “DPA” = days postanthesis; “v” = vegetative stage; “H” = harvest stage; “po. 1” =position 1 of the boll/fiber on the main branch closest to the main stem(basal boll); “po.3” = position 3 of the boll/fiber on the main branch(distal boll) “MB” = main branch; “MS” = main stem.

TABLE 147 Cotton correlated parameters under drought growth conditions(vectors) (parameters set 1) Correlated parameter with Corr. ID 1000seeds weight (RP) [gr.], under Drought growth conditions 1 Bolls num perplant (RP) [number], under Drought growth conditions 2 Closed Bolls numper plant (RP) [number], under Drought growth conditions 3 Closed Bollsnum per plant (SP) [number], under Drought growth conditions 4 EstimatedAvr. Bolls FW (MB) po. 1 (H) [gr.], under Drought growth 5 conditionsEstimated Avr. Bolls FW (MB) po. 3 (H) [gr.], under Drought growth 6conditions Estimated Avr. Fiber yield (MB) po. 1 (H) [gr.], underDrought growth 7 conditions Estimated Avr. Fiber yield (MB) po. 3 (H)[gr.], under Drought growth 8 conditions Estimated Avr. Seeds num (MB)po. 1 (H) [num], under Drought growth 9 conditions Estimated Avr. Seedsnum (MB) po. 3 (H) [num], under Drought growth 10 conditions EstimatedAvr. Seeds yield (MB) po. 1 (H) [gr.], under Drought growth 11conditions Estimated Avr. Seeds yield (MB) po. 3 (H) [gr.], underDrought growth 12 conditions Fiber yield per boll (RP) [gr.], underDrought growth conditions 13 Fiber yield per plant (RP) [gr.], underDrought growth conditions 14 Fiber yield (RP) [gr.], under Droughtgrowth conditions 15 Leaf mass fraction (10DPA) [cm²/gr.], under Droughtgrowth conditions 16 Lower Stem width (H) [mm], under Drought growthconditions 17 Num of lateral branches with open bolls (H) [number],under Drought growth 18 conditions Num of nodes with open bolls (MS) (H)[number], under Drought growth 19 conditions Open Bolls num per plant(SP) [number], under Drought growth conditions 20 Plant height growth[cm/day], under Drought growth conditions 21 Plant height (H) [cm],under Drought growth conditions 22 Reproductive period duration[number], under Drought growth conditions 23 Seeds yield per plant (RP)[gr.], under Drought growth conditions 24 Shoot DW (10DPA) [gr.], underDrought growth conditions 25 Shoot DW (V) [gr.], under Drought growthconditions 26 SPAD (17DPA) [SPAD unit], Drought 77 Total bolls yield perplant (RP) [gr.], under Drought growth conditions 28 Total Bolls yield(RP) [gr.], under Drought growth conditions 29 Upper Stem width (H)[mm], under Drought growth conditions 30 Table 147. Provided are theCotton correlated parameters (vectors). “RP”—Rest of plot; “SP” =selected plants; “gr.” = grams; “H” = Harvest; “in”—inch; “SP”—Selectedplants; “SPAD” = chlorophyll levels; “FW” = Plant Fresh weight;“DPA”—Days post anthesis; “mm”—millimeter; “cm”—centimeter;“num”—number; “Avr.” = average; “DPA” = days post anthesis; “v” =vegetative stage; “H” = harvest stage; “po. 1” = position 1 of theboll/fiber on the main branch closest to the main stem (basal boll);“po.3” = position 3 of the boll/fiber on the main branch (distal boll)“MB” = main branch; “MS” = main stem.

TABLE 148 Measured parameters in Cotton accessions (1-7) under normalconditions (parameters set 1) Corr. Line ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 1 105.2 113.6 98.5 84.7 111.7 82.5 91.6 2 4.23 NANA NA NA NA 4.56 3 5.55 2.08 3.39 2.09 3.07 2.41 5.89 4 6.62 4.88 7.085.34 4.08 3.58 5.66 5 6.42 2.93 5.95 4.16 2.72 2.73 5.13 6 2.53 1.882.69 2.02 1.5 0.38 2.04 7 2.46 1.13 2.34 1.69 1.06 0.5 1.87 8 31.6 24.236 31.3 20.9 32.6 30.8 9 31.2 15.5 33.3 26.1 14.9 31.3 32.6 10 3.33 2.73.83 2.99 2.43 3.02 3.03 11 3.29 1.58 3.06 2.19 1.64 2.29 2.76 12 2.31.37 2.22 1.81 1.12 0.4 1.8 13 25.2 26 25.4 27.9 25.4 4.7 24 14 41.136.5 34 48 44.6 54.7 28.1 15 12.8 13.7 11.8 12.4 13 10.9 13 16 1.0211.458 0.812 0.958 1.208 1.688 1.292 17 8.15 10.9 9 11.04 10.14 7.85 8.4818 12 22.6 11.8 18.8 27.7 16.4 15 20 112.8 110.8 100.6 115.4 103.3 98.5121.9 19 1.86 2 1.73 1.72 1.66 1.72 2.09 21 121.3 108.1 108 103.8 102.9108 126 25 34.3 33.5 31.4 29.7 37.1 27.4 33.4 22 32.5 34.9 32.5 35.136.3 26.7 33.1 23 169.2 183.6 171.1 172.7 190 149 193.1 24 39.2 64.744.8 38.1 46.2 36.7 48.2 26 505.4 564.2 544.2 585.5 536.5 317.2 488.3 273.02 3.64 3.32 3.13 3.23 2.73 2.8 Table 148. Provided are the values ofeach of the parameters (as described above measured in cotton accessions(Line). Growth conditions are specified in the experimental proceduresection.

TABLE 149 Measured parameters in additional Cotton accessions (8-13)under normal conditions (parameters set 1) Corr. Line ID Line-8 Line-9Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 Line-13 1 116.7 99.6 99.5 97.7 102.7 109.9 2 NANA 3.16 1.11 NA NA 3 2.34 3.75 3.31 1.84 2.74 3.09 4 3.13 6.37 6.14 NA4.95 6.95 5 3.31 4.71 5.44 4.14 4.6 6.25 6 1.14 2.47 2.29 NA 1.77 2.92 71.19 1.91 2.02 1.12 1.65 2.65 8 15.5 31.5 29.3 NA 25.6 34.6 9 18.2 25.129 29.1 25.9 32.7 10 1.87 3.21 3 NA 2.82 3.87 11 2.06 2.25 2.65 2.732.55 3.56 12 1.24 2.23 1.99 1.18 1.74 2.39 13 26.6 30.8 23.1 20.5 2629.1 14 45.4 28.1 33.5 47.9 45.9 44 15 13.1 14.3 11.8 14.5 12.6 14 161.125 0.795 0.583 0.125 0.146 0.708 17 11.29 10.83 8.73 12.33 9.19 10.6518 30.3 17.9 12.4 19.6 14.7 15.7 20 102.2 127.3 105.8 151.3 117.6 119.219 1.63 2.07 1.86 1.57 1.87 1.94 21 102.7 104.4 126 145.2 109.5 106.2 2533.8 31.9 32.9 22.1 28.1 31.1 22 39.5 39.7 30.2 47.6 37.8 35.9 23 196.4199.8 179.4 134.3 198.5 165.5 24 50.8 51.7 39.7 35.3 42.1 42.1 26 620.5715.1 421.3 531.8 405.3 715.7 27 2.99 3.45 2.88 3.4 3.28 3.29 Table 149.Provided are the values of each of the parameters as described above)measured in cotton accessions (Line). Growth conditions are specified inthe experimental procedure section.

TABLE 150 Measured parameters in Cotton accessions (1-7) under droughtconditions (parameters set 1) Corr. Line ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4Line-5 Line-6 Line-7 1 99.1 105.4 94.2 80.7 109 80.4 92.9 2 9.3 14.5 9.812.5 19.9 8 10.6 3 NA NA NA NA NA NA 4.237 4 3.77 3.7 3.63 2.92 2.5 3.24.76 5 6.76 3.05 6.51 NA NA NA NA 6 6.15 4.25 5.9 NA NA 3.51 4.18 7 2.631.2 2.53 NA NA NA NA 8 2.34 1.57 2.32 NA NA 0.47 1.44 9 32.6 15.6 33.5NA NA NA NA 10 33.4 21.8 34.6 NA NA 32.1 27.5 11 3.45 1.66 3.55 NA NA NANA 12 3.3 2.3 3.16 NA NA 2.56 2.16 15 622 554.2 659.3 683.3 494.7 76467.3 13 2.06 1.08 2 1.82 0.84 0.27 1.43 14 19.2 17.5 19.4 20.5 16.7 2.216 16 28.9 37.4 33.1 41 39.8 33.4 27 17 11.4 11.7 10.8 10.8 11 9.9 11.318 1.041 0.875 1.167 1.083 1.384 1.05 1.229 19 6.98 7.23 7.17 7.42 8.235.97 7.6 20 9.8 14.1 10.6 12.2 23.2 10.3 11.9 22 92.9 87.2 79.8 85.671.3 77.2 99.4 21 0.988 0.956 0.993 0.985 0.975 0.966 0.996 23 100.299.8 99.3 96.2 92.9 99.4 127 27 47.4 46.8 48.5 49.3 53.5 46.4 48.6 2424.9 24 25.5 27.1 27.5 16.5 24 25 140.2 140.8 184.7 147.4 149.5 116.5161.3 26 37.2 51.2 46.9 45.6 40 28.2 41.4 29 1573 1378.9 1634.8 1597.21358.9 745 1246 28 48.7 43.5 48.2 52.2 45.9 19.4 42.6 30 2.89 3.09 3.083.17 3.25 2.84 2.6 Table 150. Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Barley accessions (Line).Growth conditions are specified in the experimental procedure section

TABLE 151 Measured parameters in additional Cotton accessions (8-13)under drought conditions (parameters set 1) Corr. Line ID Line-8 Line-9Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 Line-13 1 108.7 95.5 98.7 99 97.2 109.6 2 19.611.4 9.1 14 10.2 11 3 NA NA 3.977 NA NA NA 4 1.62 3.62 4.67 2.3 3.213.57 5 3.58 5.5 NA 4.2 4.88 5.9 6 2.43 5.17 5.14 3.36 4.45 5.03 7 1.312.11 NA 1.13 1.75 2.15 8 0.86 1.95 1.82 0.97 1.64 1.86 9 18.7 29.5 NA31.2 27.3 29 10 13.9 29.2 28.1 24.8 27.8 26 11 2.15 2.82 NA 3.18 2.743.2 12 1.38 2.64 2.51 2.31 2.53 2.65 15 592.6 598.8 558 428 563.7 614.713 1 1.82 2.02 1.01 1.59 2.02 14 19.6 18.9 18.3 14.1 16.1 20.2 16 41.930.6 30.1 46 39.5 34.2 17 11.9 12.5 10.6 11.8 11.3 12 18 0.893 0.9630.875 0.208 0.367 0.875 19 9.39 7.68 7.06 10.31 7.55 8.19 20 22.8 12.79.9 14.5 11.7 12.8 22 74.8 97.7 85.5 104.4 93 93.4 21 0.992 0.993 0.9850.991 0.986 0.984 23 92.9 97.7 127 98.8 98.5 98.8 27 48.8 51.2 52.1 43.845.8 49 24 30.4 25.9 23.3 31.7 23.9 30.6 25 162.8 159.8 123.2 192.8156.6 163.7 26 49.8 44.3 36.5 43.2 38 37.8 29 1583.1 1552.1 1419.21533.2 1489.2 1606.4 28 52.4 49.1 46 50.7 42.4 57.1 30 3.17 3.37 2.913.46 3.5 3.22 Table 151. Provided are the values of each of theparameters (as described above) measured in Barley accessions (Line).Growth conditions are specified in the experimental procedure section

TABLE 152 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotipicperformance under normal conditions (set 1) across Cotton accessionsGene P Exp. Corr. Gene P Exp. Corr. Name R value set Set ID Name R valueset Set ID LGA6 0.72 1.10E−01 8 16 LGA6 0.84 3.60E−02 6 11 LGA6 0.749.15E−02 6 7 LGA6 0.90 1.45E−02 6 20 LGA6 0.95 4.19E−03 6 1 LGA6 0.953.22E−03 6 5 LGA6 0.76 1.02E−02 1 20 LGA6 0.90 4.37E−04 1 21 LGB1 0.913.52E−05 3 18 LGB1 0.74 5.86E−02 2 11 LGB1 0.78 3.96E−02 2 27 LGB1 0.971.26E−03 6 18 LGB1 0.83 3.88E−02 6 25 LGB1 0.79 6.27E−02 6 1 LGB1 0.815.21E−02 6 23 Table 152. Provided are the correlations (R) between thegenes expression levels in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance. “Corr. Set ID”—correlation set ID according to thecorrelated parameters specified in Table 146. “Exp. Set”—Expression setspecified in Table 144. “R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = pvalue

TABLE 153 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under drought conditions (drought expression set 1) acrossCotton accessions Gene Exp. Corr. Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set SetID Name R P value set Set ID LGA6 0.78 1.73E−02 7 2 LGA6 0.86 3.00E−03 720 LGA6 0.97 2.70E−06 3 2 LGA6 0.90 3.59E−04 3 20 LGA6 0.93 2.67E−03 116 LGA6 0.80 2.92E−02 1 30 LGB1 0.77 6.00E−03 4 2 LGB1 0.83 1.67E−03 420 LGB1 0.79 1.06E−02 7 29 LGB1 0.78 1.23E−02 7 14 LGB1 0.93 2.40E−03 712 LGB1 0.81 8.72E−03 7 15 LGB1 0.85 1.65E−02 7 10 LGB1 0.76 1.86E−02 728 LGB1 0.79 3.62E−02 7 8 LGB1 0.77 1.55E−02 7 30 LGB1 0.96 6.03E−04 7 6LGB1 0.87 9.95E−04 3 2 LGB1 0.85 1.94E−03 3 20 LGB1 0.80 1.68E−02 3 12LGB1 0.71 7.67E−02 1 1 LGB1 0.86 1.37E−02 1 23 LGB1 0.77 4.27E−02 1 4Table 153. Provided are the correlations (R) between the genesexpression levels in various tissues and the phenotypic performance.“Corr. ID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parametersspecified in Table 147. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table145. “R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value

Example 16 Production of Sorghum Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis with Yield and Drought Related Parameters Measuredin Fields Using 65K Sorghum Oligonucleotide Micro-Arrays

In order to produce a high throughput correlation analysis between plantphenotype and gene expression level, the present inventors utilized asorghum oligonucleotide micro-array produced by Agilent Technologies[chem(dot)agilent (dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot)asp?lPage=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 65,000 sorghum genes and transcripts.In order to define correlations between the levels of RNA expressionwith ABST, drought and yield components or vigor related parameters,various plant characteristics of 12 different sorghum hybrids wereanalyzed. Among them, 8 hybrids encompassing the observed variance wereselected for RNA expression analysis. The correlation between the RNAlevels and the characterized parameters was analyzed using Pearsoncorrelation test [davidmlane(dot)com/hyperstat/A34739(dot)html].

Experimental Procedures

12 Sorghum varieties were grown in 6 repetitive plots, in field.Briefly, the growing protocol was as follows:

1. Regular growth conditions: Sorghum plants were grown in the fieldusing commercial fertilization and irrigation protocols (normal growthconditions), which include 452 m³ water per dunam (1000 square meters)per entire growth period and fertilization of 14 units of URAN® 21%(Nitrogen Fertilizer Solution; PCS Sales, Northbrook, Ill., USA).

2. Drought conditions: Sorghum seeds were sown in soil and grown undernormal condition until flowering stage (59 days from sowing), and thendrought treatment was imposed by irrigating plants with 50% waterrelative to the normal treatment from this stage [309 m³ water per dunam(1000 square meters) per entire growth period].

Analyzed Sorghum tissues—All 12 selected Sorghum hybrids were sample pereach treatment. Tissues [Basal and distal head, flag leaf and upperstem] representing different plant characteristics, from plants growingunder normal conditions and drought stress conditions were sampled andRNA was extracted as described above. Each micro-array expressioninformation tissue type has received a Set ID as summarized in Tables154-155 below.

TABLE 154 Sorghum transcriptome expression sets in field experimentunder normal conditions Set Expression Set ID Basal head at grainfilling stage, under normal growth conditions 1 Distal head at grainfilling stage, under normal growth conditions 2 Leaf at flowering stage,under normal growth conditions 3 Leaf at grain filling stage, undernormal growth conditions 4 Up stem at flowering stage, under normalgrowth conditions 5 Up stem at grain filling stage, under normal growthconditions 6 Table 154: Provided are the sorghum transcriptomeexpression sets under normal conditions.

TABLE 155 Sorghum transcriptome expression sets in field experimentunder drought conditions Expression Set Set ID Basal head at grainfilling stage, under drought growth 1 conditions Distal head at grainfilling stage, under drought growth 2 conditions Leaf at floweringstage, under drought growth conditions 3 Leaf at grain filling stage,under drought growth conditions 4 Up stem at flowering stage, underdrought growth conditions 5 Up stem at grain filling stage, underdrought growth conditions 6 Table 155: Provided are the sorghumtranscriptome expression sets under drought conditions.

Sorghum yield components and vigor related parameters assessment—Plantswere phenotyped as shown in Table 156 below. Some of the followingparameters were collected using digital imaging system:

Grains yield per plant (gr.)—At the end of the growing period heads werecollected (harvest stage). Selected heads were separately threshed andgrains were weighted. The average grain weight per plant was calculatedby dividing the total grain weight by the number of selected plants.

Heads weight per plant (RP) (kg)—At the end of the growing period headsof selected plants were collected (harvest stage) from the rest of theplants in the plot. Heads were weighted after oven dry (dry weight), andaverage head weight per plant was calculated.

Grains num (SP) (number)—was calculated by dividing seed yield fromselected plants by a single seed weight.

1000 grain weight (gr)—was calculated based on Formula XIV.

Grain area (cm²)—At the end of the growing period the grains wereseparated from the Plant ‘Head’. A sample of ˜200 grains were weighted,photographed and images were processed using the below described imageprocessing system. The grain area was measured from those images and wasdivided by the number of grains.

Grain Circularity—The circularity of the grains was calculated based onFormula XIX.

Main Head Area (cm²)—At the end of the growing period selected “MainHeads” were photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The “Main Head” area was measuredfrom those images and was divided by the number of “Main Heads”.

Main Head length (cm)—At the end of the growing period selected “MainHeads” were photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The “Main Head” length (longest axis)was measured from those images and was divided by the number of “MainHeads”.

Main Head Width (cm)—At the end of the growing period selected “MainHeads” were photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The “Main Head” width (longest axis)was measured from those images and was divided by the number of “MainHeads”.

An image processing system was used, which consists of a personaldesktop computer (Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and a public domainprogram—ImageJ 1.37, Java based image processing software, which wasdeveloped at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and is freelyavailable on the internet at rsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/. Images werecaptured in resolution of 10 Mega Pixels (3888×2592 pixels) and storedin a low compression JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group standard)format. Next, image processing output data for seed area and seed lengthwas saved to text files and analyzed using the JMP statistical analysissoftware (SAS institute).

Additional parameters were collected either by sampling selected plantsin a plot or by measuring the parameter across all the plants within theplot.

All Heads Area (cm²)—At the end of the growing period (harvest) selectedplants main and secondary heads were photographed and images wereprocessed using the above described image processing system. All headsarea was measured from those images and was divided by the number ofplants.

All Heads length (cm)—At the end of the growing period (harvest)selected plants main and secondary heads were photographed and imageswere processed using the above described image processing system. Allheads length (longest axis) was measured from those images and wasdivided by the number of plants.

All Heads Width (cm)—At the end of the growing period main and secondaryheads were photographed and images were processed using the abovedescribed image processing system. All heads width (longest axis) wasmeasured from those images and was divided by the number of plants.

Head weight per plant (RP)/water until maturity (gr/lit)—At the end ofthe growing period heads were collected (harvest stage) from the rest ofthe plants in the plot. Heads were weighted after oven dry (dry weight),and average head weight per plant was calculated. Head weight per plantwas then divided by the average water volume used for irrigation untilmaturity.

Harvest index (SP)—was calculated based on Formula XVI above.

Heads index (RP)—was calculated based on Formula XXXXVI above.

Head dry weight (GF) (gr.)—selected heads per plot were collected at thegrain filling stage (R2-R3) and weighted after oven dry (dry weight).

Heads per plant (RP) (num)—At the end of the growing period total numberof rest of plot heads were counted and divided by the total number ofrest of plot plants.

Leaves temperature 2 (° C.)—leaf temperature was measured using Fluke IRthermometer 568 device. Measurements were done on opened leaves at grainfilling stage.

Leaves temperature 6 (° C.)—leaf temperature was measured using Fluke IRthermometer 568 device. Measurements were done on opened leaves at lategrain filling stage.

Stomatal conductance (F) (mmol m⁻² s⁻¹)—plants were evaluated for theirstomata conductance using SC-1 Leaf Porometer (Decagon devices) atflowering (F) stage. Stomata conductance readings were done on fullydeveloped leaf, for 2 leaves and 2 plants per plot.

Stomatal conductance (GF) (mmol m⁻²s⁻¹)—plants were evaluated for theirstomata conductance using SC-1 Leaf Porometer (Decagon devices) at grainfilling (GF) stage. Stomata conductance readings were done on fullydeveloped leaf, for 2 leaves and 2 plants per plot.

Relative water content 2 (RWC, %)—was calculated based on Formula I atgrain filling.

Specific leaf area (SLA) (GF)—was calculated based on Formula XXXVIIabove.

Waxy leaf blade—was defined by view of leaf blades % of Normal and % ofgrayish (powdered coating/frosted appearance). Plants were scored fortheir waxiness according to the scale 0=normal, 1=intermediate,2=grayish.

SPAD 2 (SPAD unit)—Chlorophyll content was determined using a MinoltaSPAD 502 chlorophyll meter and measurement was performed at flowering.SPAD meter readings were done on fully developed leaf. Threemeasurements per leaf were taken per plant.

SPAD 3 (SPAD unit)—Chlorophyll content was determined using a MinoltaSPAD 502 chlorophyll meter and measurement was performed at grainfilling. SPAD meter readings were done on fully developed leaf. Threemeasurements per leaf were taken per plant.

% yellow leaves number (F) (percentage)—At flowering stage, leaves ofselected plants were collected. Yellow and green leaves were separatelycounted. Percent of yellow leaves at flowering was calculated for eachplant by dividing yellow leaves number per plant by the overall numberof leaves per plant and multiplying by 100.

% yellow leaves number (H) (percentage)—At harvest stage, leaves ofselected plants were collected. Yellow and green leaves were separatelycounted. Percent of yellow leaves at flowering was calculated for eachplant by dividing yellow leaves number per plant by the overall numberof leaves per plant and multiplying by 100.

% Canopy coverage (GF)—was calculated based on Formula XXXII above.

LAI LP-80 (GF)—Leaf area index values were determined using an AccuPARCentrometer Model LP-80 and measurements were performed at grain fillingstage with three measurements per plot.

Leaves area per plant (GF) (cm²)—total leaf area of selected plants in aplot. This parameter was measured using a Leaf area-meter at the grainfilling period (GF).

Plant height (H) (cm)—Plants were characterized for height at harvest.Plants were measured for their height using a measuring tape. Height wasmeasured from ground level to top of the longest leaf.

Relative growth rate of Plant height (cm/day)—was calculated based onFormula III above.

Num days to Heading (number)—Calculated as the number of days fromsowing till 50% of the plot arrives to heading.

Num days to Maturity (number)—Calculated as the number of days fromsowing till 50% of the plot arrives to seed maturation.

Vegetative DW per plant (gr.)—At the end of the growing period allvegetative material (excluding roots) from plots were collected andweighted after oven dry (dry weight). The biomass per plant wascalculated by dividing total biomass by the number of plants.

Lower Stem dry density (F) (gr/cm³)—measured at flowering. Lowerinternodes from selected plants per plot were separated from the plantsand weighted (dry weight). To obtain stem density, internode dry weightwas divided by the internode volume.

Lower Stem dry density (H) (gr/cm³)—measured at harvest. Lowerinternodes from selected plants per plot were separated from the plantand weighted (dry weight). To obtain stem density, internode dry weightwas divided by the internode volume.

Lower Stem fresh density (F) (gr/cm³)—measured at flowering. Lowerinternodes from selected plants per plot were separated from the plantsand weighted (fresh weight). To obtain stem density, internodes freshweight was divided by the stem volume.

Lower Stem fresh density (H) (gr/cm³)—measured at harvest. Lowerinternodes from selected plants per plot were separated from the plantsand weighted (fresh weight). To obtain stem density, internodes freshweight was divided by the stem volume.

Lower Stem length (F) (cm)—Lower internodes from selected plants perplot were separated from the plants at flowering (F). Internodes weremeasured for their length using a ruler.

Lower Stem length (H) (cm)—Lower internodes from selected plants perplot were separated from the plant at harvest (H). Internodes weremeasured for their length using a ruler.

Lower Stem width (F) (cm)—Lower intemodes from selected plants per plotwere separated from the plant at flowering (F). Intemodes were measuredfor their width using a caliber.

Lower Stem width (GF) (cm)—Lower internodes from selected plants perplot were separated from the plant at grain filling (GF). Internodeswere measured for their width using a caliber.

Lower Stem width (H) (cm)—Lower internodes from selected plants per plotwere separated from the plant at harvest (H). Internodes were measuredfor their width using a caliber.

Upper Stem dry density (F) (gr/cm³)—measured at flowering (F). Upperinternodes from selected plants per plot were separated from the plantand weighted (dry weight). To obtain stem density, stem dry weight wasdivided by the stem volume.

Upper Stem dry density (H) (gr/cm³)—measured at harvest (H). Upper stemsfrom selected plants per plot were separated from the plant and weighted(dry weight). To obtain stem density, stem dry weight was divided by thestem volume.

Upper Stem fresh density (F) (gr/cm³)—measured at flowering (F). Upperstems from selected plants per plot were separated from the plant andweighted (fresh weight). To obtain stem density, stem fresh weight wasdivided by the stem volume.

Upper Stem fresh density (H) (gr/cm³)—measured at harvest (H). Upperstems from selected plants per plot were separated from the plant andweighted (fresh weight). To obtain stem density, stem fresh weight wasdivided by the stem volume.

Upper Stem length (F) (cm)—Upper stems from selected plants per plotwere separated from the plant at flowering (F). Stems were measured fortheir length using a ruler.

Upper Stem length (H) (cm)—Upper stems from selected plants per plotwere separated from the plant at harvest (H). Stems were measured fortheir length using a ruler.

Upper Stem width (F) (cm)—Upper stems from selected plants per plot wereseparated from the plant at flowering (F). Stems were measured for theirwidth using a caliber.

Upper Stem width (H)(cm)—Upper stems from selected plants per plot wereseparated from the plant at harvest (H). Stems were measured for theirwidth using a caliber.

Upper Stem volume(H)—was calculated based on Formula L above.

Data parameters collected are summarized in Table 156, herein below.

TABLE 156 Sorghum correlated parameters under normal and drought growthconditions (vectors) Correlated parameter with Corr. ID 1000 grainweight [gr.] 1 All Heads Area [cm²] 2 All Heads length [cm] 3 All HeadsWidth [cm] 4 % Canopy coverage (GF) [%] 5 Grain area [cm²] 6 GrainCircularity 7 Grains num (SP) [num] 8 Grains yield per plant [gr.] 9Harvest index (SP) 10 Head dry weight (GF) [gr.] 11 Heads index (RP) 12Heads per plant (RP) [num] 13 Heads weight per plant (RP) [kg] 14 Headweight per plant (RP)/water until 15 maturity [gr./lit] LAI LP-80 (GF)16 Leaves area per plant (GF) [cm²] 17 Leaves temperature 2 [CA°] 18Leaves temperature 6 [CA°] 19 Lower Stem dry density (F) [gr/cm³] 20Lower Stem dry density (H) [gr/cm³] 21 Lower Stem fresh density (F)[gr/cm³] 22 Lower Stem fresh density (H) [gr/cm³] 23 Lower Stem length(F) [cm] 24 Lower Stem length (H) [cm] 25 Lower Stem width (F) [cm] 26Lower Stem width (GF) [cm] 27 Lower Stem width (H) [cm] 28 Main HeadArea [cm²] 29 Main Head length [cm] 30 Main Head Width [cm] 31 Num daysto Heading [num] 32 Num days to Maturity [num] 33 Plant height (H) [cm]34 Relative growth rate of Plant height [cm/day] 35 Relative watercontent 2 [%] 36 SPAD 2 [SPAD unit] 37 SPAD 3 [SPAD unit] 38 Specificleaf area (SLA) (GF) 39 Stomatal conductance (F) [mmol m⁻² s⁻¹] 40Stomatal conductance (GF) [mmol m⁻² s⁻¹] 41 Upper Stem dry density (F)[gr./cm³] 42 Upper Stem dry density (H) [gr./cm³] 43 Upper Stem freshdensity (F) [gr./cm³] 44 Upper Stem fresh density (H) [gr./cm³] 45 UpperStem length (F) [cm] 46 Upper Stein length (H) (cm) 47 Upper Stem volume(H) [cm³] 48 Upper Stem width (F) [cm] 49 Upper Stein width (H) [cm] 50Vegetative DW per plant [gr.] 51 Waxy leaf blade 52 % yellow leavesnumber (F) [%] 53 % yellow leaves number (H) [%] 54 Table 156. Providedare the Sorghum correlated parameters vectors). “gr.” = grams; “kg” =kilograms”; “RP” = Rest of plot; “SP” = Selected plants; “num” = Number;“lit” = Liter; “SPAD” = chlorophyll levels; “FW” = Plant Fresh weight;“DW” = Plant Dry weight; “GF” = Grain filling growth stage; “F” =Flowering stage; “H” = Harvest stage; “cm” = Centimeter; “mmol” =millimole.

Experimental Results

Twelve different sorghum hybrids were grown and characterized fordifferent parameters (Table 156). The average for each of the measuredparameter was calculated using the JMP software (Tables 157-160) and asubsequent correlation analysis was performed (Tables 161-162). Resultswere then integrated to the database.

TABLE 157 Measured parameters in Sorghum accessions under normalconditions Line Corr. Line- ID 1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6Line-7 5 3 95 69.2 97.5 83.6 92.8 84.3 53 3 0.611 0.853 0.548 0.3140.713 0.573 54 3 0.406 0.111 0.37 0.126 0.485 0.149 1 3 27.6 22.8 14.918.5 28.5 27.1 2 3 114.5 79.7 77.9 79.7 219 100.1 4 3 5.54 4.93 6.2 4.569.99 6.55 3 3 27.7 21.4 17.8 23.7 32.2 19.4 7 3 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.88 0.870.89 6 3 0.154 0.119 0.098 0.122 0.154 0.149 8 3 12730.1 6281.9 4599.515182.6 12628.1 17505 9 3 43.9 18 8.5 33.2 44.3 60.2 10 3 0.218 0.1850.054 0.253 0.261 0.375 11 3 29.3 12.9 27.9 41.3 38.9 15.2 15 3 0.2480.163 0.136 0.197 0.178 0.285 12 3 0.343 0.402 0.241 0.338 0.361 0.53213 3 NA 1.42 1.74 1.3 0.97 1.73 14 3 0.057 0.037 0.031 0.045 0.041 0.06616 3 6.27 NA 6.11 5.42 5.43 NA 17 3 2825.8 1911.2 2030 2866.8 1554.72342.6 20 3 1.57 1.37 2.81 2.17 2.35 1.4 21 3 1.83 2.03 3.48 2.53 3.051.8 22 3 10.47 10.64 8.55 10.85 11.32 10.04 23 3 9.79 10.38 10.52 10.4911.28 7.29 24 3 7.79 3.5 14.9 3.41 11.12 8.16 25 3 7.99 4.83 12.87 3.1210.76 8.3 26 3 19.5 16.7 14.7 17.9 14.8 16 27 3 20 20.9 14.7 18.8 15.315.9 28 3 19.1 15.5 14.4 20.3 15.2 15.1 29 3 114.5 80.8 77.9 79.7 219112.1 31 3 5.54 4.99 6.2 4.56 9.99 7.19 30 3 27.7 21.6 17.8 23.7 32.220.7 32 3 89.4 65.7 88.2 74 84 71.5 33 3 126 107 115 107 107 92 34 3182.1 104.6 143.8 99 173.6 170.1 35 3 2.87 1.85 2.55 1.65 3.12 2.73 36 372.1 91.7 79.5 86.7 74 90.6 37 3 47.8 49.3 44.7 49.1 41.7 47.2 38 3 47.735.4 45.8 42.1 41.4 33.4 39 3 80.2 170.3 54.3 76.9 51.4 163.1 40 3 670.41017.6 584.4 640.6 350 553.5 41 3 382.9 809.4 468.7 486.9 421.5 633.1 423 NA 1.24 NA NA 2.11 1.23 43 3 2.05 1.77 2.36 1.83 1.73 1.86 44 3 NA9.79 NA NA 10.44 9.38 45 3 6.61 8.92 6.43 8.25 7.24 4.64 46 3 NA 42.6 NANA NA 9.2 47 3 38.8 45 24.5 52.5 38.4 34 48 3 8.74 7.46 6.99 7.68 7.8310.07 49 3 2352.5 2169.1 968.8 2452.6 1997.7 2767.5 50 3 8.23 8.98 7.117.13 6.81 10.42 51 3 0.125 0.05 0.122 0.076 0.097 0.062 52 3 NA 2 NA NANA 1.062 Table 157: Provided are the values of each of the parameters(asdescribed above) measured in Sorghum accessions (Line) under normalconditions. Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section. “NA” = not available.

TABLE 158 Measured parameters in additional Sorghum accessions undernormal growth conditions Corr. Line ID Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 Line-11Line-12 Line-13 5 80.6 75.7 80.2 79.7 65.9 89.6 53 0.584 0.544 0.2080.484 0.351 0.574 54 0.076 0.022 0.018 0.129 0.096 0.424 1 18.5 18.523.5 25.9 24.3 20.4 2 85.4 139 70 78.6 152 145.2 4 5.45 6.37 4.48 4.577.41 6.32 3 21.3 30.9 19.2 21 27.8 30 7 0.89 0.88 0.89 0.9 0.89 0.9 60.117 0.121 0.122 0.129 0.123 0.125 8 13887.9 21509.8 13138.7 1691018205.2 24801.2 9 32.1 49.6 39 54.8 55.3 64.7 10 0.309 0.409 0.343 0.360.314 0.318 11 10.2 27.6 31.6 25.8 21.3 74.5 15 0.249 0.271 0.284 0.3150.216 0.325 12 0.477 0.554 0.538 0.502 0.471 0.478 13 1.37 1.08 2.2 1.521.17 1.01 14 0.057 0.062 0.065 0.072 0.049 0.075 16 NA NA NA NA NA 5.7917 2008.9 2212 1495.5 1997.8 2692.1 2647.7 20 1.97 2.05 2.29 1.87 1.712.14 21 2.93 2.47 2.56 2.48 2.74 1.64 22 10.71 10.82 10.84 10.84 10.710.55 23 10.09 10.85 11 11.2 7.36 8.62 24 2.83 3.22 4.02 4.88 2.82 8.7925 2.97 3.72 5.9 5.07 3.78 9.98 26 17.8 18.7 13.5 15 14.7 16.4 27 21.521 19.5 16.5 19.9 19.4 28 17.4 16.3 13.3 15 16.4 18.7 29 85.4 139 98.9114.7 154.7 147.9 31 5.45 6.37 5.9 6.27 7.5 6.4 30 21.3 30.9 22.5 24.728.3 30.5 32 67.7 63.7 56 59 56 75.3 33 107 92 107 107 107 107 34 54.994.8 101.6 113 88.3 163.8 35 0.88 1.57 1.73 1.91 1.59 2.87 36 88.8 90.290.8 88.5 86.7 82 37 52.1 53.7 52.6 53.9 51.8 44.1 38 50.2 41.9 46.846.8 48.6 40.1 39 194.1 213.7 212 214.6 157.4 67.7 40 473.8 796.9 879810.3 889 607.2 41 485.7 886 730.6 886.6 785 384.5 42 1.26 1.5 1.94 1.921.96 NA 43 1.76 1.75 1.79 1.66 1.87 1.67 44 10.22 9.69 9.98 10.74 10.33NA 45 7.23 7.31 7.92 7.06 5.4 4.82 46 26.6 60.4 53.6 55 44.6 NA 47 28.859.7 52 54.8 45.5 48.5 48 8.42 8.61 8.51 9.19 9.14 9.31 49 1607.7 3510.72907.8 3639.5 3045.6 3301.8 50 9.43 9.54 8.04 8.85 7.91 8.07 51 0.0450.045 0.046 0.063 0.086 0.099 52 1.125 1.438 1 1.75 1 NA Table 158:Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as described above)measured in Sorghum accessions (Seed ID) under normal conditions. Growthconditions are specified in the experimental procedure section. “NA” =not available.

TABLE 159 Measured parameters in Sorghum accessions under drought growthconditions Corr. Line ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6Line-7 5 1 86.9 61.3 75 77.8 75.5 80.4 53 3 0.371 0.728 0.407 0.6950.425 0.878 54 3 0.286 0.424 0.256 0.478 0.366 0.394 1 3 24.2 19.8 14.214.6 25.5 20.8 2 3 72.4 93.8 30.8 55.3 131.2 76.5 4 3 4.27 5.39 3.513.72 7 5.27 3 3 22.3 24.4 12.2 19.9 27.6 18.2 7 3 0.87 0.87 0.86 0.880.87 0.89 6 3 0.142 0.114 0.095 0.112 0.144 0.131 8 3 6967.7 5451.73960.3 9838.5 6481.7 12402.5 9 3 23.8 13.7 7 18.2 20.7 34.4 10 3 0.1350.158 0.065 0.187 0.255 0.291 11 3 NA 12.1 24.8 37 23.3 11.7 15 1 0.110.094 0.03 0.094 0.056 0.116 12 3 0.157 0.359 0.071 0.244 0.056 0.511 133 NA 2.02 1 1.04 NA 1.06 14 3 0.023 0.019 0.006 0.019 0.012 0.024 16 33.58 NA 2.64 3.43 2.81 NA 17 3 3308.1 1206 2464.6 1142.9 2116.3 1550 203 1.76 1.46 2.27 2.78 2.39 1.28 21 3 1.96 1.6 2.27 2.49 3.56 1.25 22 39.62 10.46 7.49 10.79 10.25 9.66 23 3 9.68 8.31 7.38 10.11 10.72 5.51 243 7.79 4.03 16.46 3.29 10.83 10.82 25 3 7.06 4.51 16.23 3.31 9.88 10.526 3 19.2 16.6 14.9 18.4 15.8 14 27 3 19 18.4 16 19.1 15.5 14.3 28 320.1 16.1 14.4 18.5 15.5 14.1 29 3 72.4 96.6 32.8 55.3 131.2 85.9 31 34.27 5.53 3.7 3.72 7 5.81 30 3 22.3 24.8 12.4 19.9 27.6 19.4 32 3 91.566.3 88 74.7 90 71 33 3 115 92 115 107 107 107 34 3 104.6 83.2 113 69104.2 133.5 35 3 1.59 1.56 1.83 1.28 1.8 2.02 36 3 65.6 78.5 83,8 54.969.7 74.5 37 3 45.8 47 38.8 38.2 35.9 43.4 38 3 43.5 27 36 34.1 27.325.8 39 3 75.9 143.3 62.9 44.4 61.4 106.1 40 3 30.4 774.8 61.8 68.3 31.2330.5 41 3 135.1 561.2 94.4 276.2 64.1 217.2 42 1 NA 1.44 NA NA NA 1.3843 3 2.33 1.43 2.17 1.92 1.85 1.66 44 3 0.86 9.89 NA NA NA 8.1 45 3 9.455.72 7.26 8.6 6.53 3.6 46 3 25 40 NA NA NA 15.9 47 3 26.6 39.6 15.5 31.131.1 20.7 48 3 7.79 8.92 5.87 6.63 7.45 10.2 49 3 1288.2 2524.3 468.41128,6 1370.3 1724.9 50 3 10.08 9.42 6.42 6.77 7.81. 9.7 51 3 0.0820.039 0.086 0.062 0.017 0.048 52 3 NA 2 NA NA NA 1 Table 159: Providedare the values of each of the parameters as described above) measured inSorghum accessions (Seed ID) under drought conditions. Growth conditionsare specified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 160 Measured parameters in additional Sorghum accessions underdrought growth conditions Corr. Line ID Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 Line-11Line-12 Line-13 5 64.2 70.8 64.1 75.7 72.1 87.2 53 0.678 0.807 0.7880.731 0.741 0.831 54 0.326 0.329 0.364 0.377 0.469 0.625 1 15.4 13.317.9 20.2 18.7 18 2 67.5 112.6 82.8 100.5 122.9 86.3 4 4.57 4.96 4.995.56 7.29 4.72 3 19.6 30.8 21 24 24.8 24.4 7 0.89 0.88 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.896 0.109 0.102 0.107 0.116 0.111 0.12 8 9979.9 17494.2 14526.2 1572910949.1 13808.5 9 19.1 29.2 31.7 40.2 25.2 29.5 10 0.235 0.325 0.3350.342 0.222 0.223 11 9.3 19.3 33.1 27.3 24.7 50.4 15 0.127 0.171 0.2030.244 0.16 0.151 12 0.445 0.48 0.544 0.524 0.462 0.348 13 1.14 1 1.181.11 1.29 0.85 14 0.026 0.035 0.042 0.05 0.033 0.031 16 NA NA NA NA NA3.94 17 1476.2 1773.1 1052.7 1408.5 417.2 1247.1 20 1.75 1.69 2.37 1.611.52 2.03 21 2.38 1.71 1.66 1.64 2.36 1.6 22 10.87 10.36 11.28 10.710.71 9.68 23 7.51 7.54 8.75 8.34 4.52 7.76 24 2.82 4.04 4.75 4.72 3.297.66 25 3.11 4.12 4.31 5.74 3.53 5.9 26 17.2 14.9 13.3 14.5 13.8 17.3 2717.2 20 16 16.9 17 19.6 28 17 16.4 13.7 14.7 14 19.5 29 68.7 114.6 94.2104.2 125.8 87.4 31 4.62 5.02 5.57 5.7 7.39 4.77 30 19.9 31.1 22.2 24.425.3 24.8 32 68.3 63 56 59.7 56 76.7 33 92 92 92 92 92 107 34 47.8 80.993.4 104.1 75.8 105.6 35 0.92 1.44 1.6 1.87 1.33 1.9 36 71.7 66.9 68.668.2 70.7 76.3 37 47.6 44.7 51.9 48.8 40 37.6 38 42.9 30.9 43.7 37.838.4 32.5 39 128.7 132.9 138.5 133.3 78.3 47.3 40 387.7 582.1 985.6 835753.4 54.2 41 81.2 129.8 241.6 322.9 257 127.2 42 1.47 1.81 2.12 1.792.07 NA 43 1.55 1.65 1.62 1.63 1.71 1.76 44 10.69 10.12 10.49 10.0110.56 NA 45 4.61 5.18 5.39 5.4 2.98 5.53 46 25.8 50.1 46.8 46.9 44.2 NA47 24.1 48.6 48.8 48.7 38.2 26.1 48 8.88 8.6 8.59 8.73 8.13 7.85 491507.8 2865.3 2857.9 2956 1964.3 1288.5 50 9.07 7.92 8.17 8.54 7.67 7.3651 0.038 0.033 0.033 0.044 0.061 0.076 52 1.25 1.69 1.12 1.75 1.38 NATable 160: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (asdescribed above) measured in Sorghum accessions (Seed ID) under droughtconditions. Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section.

TABLE 161 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal conditions across Sorghum accessions Gene Exp.Corr. Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set Set ID Name R P value set SetID LGA17 0.80 3.15E−02 2 50 LGA17 0.83 2.04E−02 2 26 LGA17 0.76 6.15E−035 38 LGA17 0.73 6.40E−02 5 44 LGA17 0.72 1.31E−02 3 37 LGA17 0.796.22E−02 3 46 LGA17 0.78 4.36E−03 3 39 LGA17 0.85 8.60E−04 3 41 LGA170.79 3.48E−02 1 40 LGA17 0.81 2.62E−02 1 45 LGB14 0.77 4.32E−02 2 5LGB14 0.81 2.65E−02 2 35 LGB14 0.74 5.69E−02 2 6 LGB14 0.72 6.97E−02 225 LGB14 0.71 7.36E−02 2 43 LGB14 0.88 8.41E−03 2 34 LGB14 0.79 3.52E−022 32 LGB14 0.77 4.13E−02 2 51 LGB14 0.98 6.13E−04 5 46 LGB14 0.711.50E−02 5 20 LGB14 0.71 2.08E−02 6 35 LGB14 0.73 1.72E−02 6 25 LGB140.85 1.63E−03 6 11 LGB14 0.74 1.36E−02 6 54 LGB14 0.72 1.82E−02 6 51LGB14 0.84 1.81E−02 4 44 LGB14 0.80 5.65E−03 4 11 LGB14 0.70 1.54E−02 35 LGB14 0.77 5.67E−03 3 43 LGB14 0.74 8.66E−03 3 20 LGB14 0.81 2.82E−021 6 LGB14 0.78 3.72E−02 1 17 LGB14 0.90 6.28E−03 1 26 LGB14 0.871.01E−02 1 43 LGB14 0.70 7.99E−02 1 34 LGB15 0.73 6.03E−02 2 5 LGB150.75 5.39E−02 2 8 LGB15 0.71 7.15E−02 2 7 LGB15 0.77 4.43E−02 2 25 LGB150.93 2.75E−03 2 11 LGB15 0.86 1.21E−02 2 54 LGB15 0.75 5.16E−02 2 51LGB15 0.72 1.19E−02 5 47 LGB15 0.79 6.36E−02 5 46 LGB15 0.72 1.80E−02 426 LGB15 0.91 4.40E−03 1 28 LGB15 0.93 2.02E−03 1 17 LGB15 0.90 5.54E−031 26 LGB15 0.79 3.28E−02 1 11 LGB15 0.74 5.76E−02 1 20 LGB16 0.851.59E−02 2 35 LGB16 0.72 6.54E−02 2 1 LGB16 0.72 7.05E−02 2 6 LGB16 0.717.63E−02 2 25 LGB16 0.72 6.53E−02 2 9 LGB16 0.87 1.05E−02 2 34 LGB160.77 5.10E−03 3 47 LGB16 0.75 7.65E−03 3 40 LGB16 0.73 1.05E−02 3 41LGB16 0.79 3.67E−03 3 49 LGM11 0.90 5.63E−03 2 17 LGM11 0.75 5.42E−02 243 LGM11 0.72 1.22E−02 5 28 LGM11 0.75 8.72E−02 5 52 LGM11 0.87 2.41E−036 13 LGM11 0.81 4.18E−03 6 43 LGM11 0.75 1.31E−02 4 35 LGM11 0.712.11E−02 4 2 LGM11 0.83 3.07E−03 4 31 LGM11 0.76 1.12E−02 4 6 LGM11 0.787.69E−03 4 4 LGM11 0.71 2.12E−02 4 25 LGM11 0.76 1.01E−02 4 29 LGM110.81 4.27E−03 4 24 LGM11 0.81 2.54E−03 3 31 LGM11 0.80 3.26E−03 3 4LGM11 0.71 7.36E−02 1 6 LGM11 0.72 6.66E−02 1 33 LGM11 0.78 4.05E−02 126 LGM11 0.89 6.84E−03 1 43 LGM11 0.73 6.51E−02 1 51 LGM12 0.84 1.91E−022 6 LGM12 0.72 6.70E−02 2 43 LGM12 0.75 5.28E−02 2 53 LGM12 0.841.38E−03 5 8 LGM12 0.89 7.18E−03 5 42 LGM12 0.72 1.26E−02 5 22 LGM120.81 2.72E−03 5 49 LGM12 0.83 1.49E−03 5 9 LGM12 0.76 6.27E−03 5 14LGM12 0.86 1.39E−02 5 44 LGM12 0.76 6.27E−03 5 15 LGM12 0.78 6.80E−02 646 LGM12 0.72 6.99E−02 6 42 LGM12 0.78 6.75E−02 6 52 LGM12 0.71 7.21E−026 44 LGM12 0.85 2.05E−03 6 11 LGM12 0.74 1.50E−02 4 48 LGM12 0.985.29E−04 4 52 LGM12 0.75 1.26E−02 4 2 LGM12 0.72 1..85E−02 4 30 LGM120.70 2.41E−02 4 25 LGM12 0.73 1.56E−02 4 14 LGM12 0.74 1.50E−02 4 29LGM12 0.70 2.32E−02 4 11 LGM12 0.77 8.85E−03 4 54 LGM12 0.73 1.56E−02 415 LGM12 0.84 1.1.9E−03 3 12 LGM12 0.78 4.76E−03 3 50 LGM12 0.793.75E−03 3 10 LGM12 0.84 1.20E−03 3 39 LGM12 0.70 1.61E−02 3 41 LGM120.82 2.34E−02 1 5 LGM12 0.85 1.62E−02 1 3 LGM12 0.80 3.03E−02 1 30 LGM120.75 5.13E−02 1 43 LGM12 0.84 1.81E−02 1 54 LGM12 0.83 2.05E−02 1 32LGM12 0.87 1.01E−02 1 51 LGM15 0.70 1.62E−02 5 25 LGM15 0.84 1.30E−03 511 LGM15 0.71 2.13E−02 4 48 LGM15 0.87 5.09E−04 3 11 LGM17 0.75 7.57E−035 48 LGM17 0.81 2.25E−03 3 40 LGM17 0.71 7.60E−02 1 1 LGM17 0.717.43E−02 1 45 LGM2 0.75 7.39E−03 5 47 LGM2 0.73 9.93E−02 5 46 LGM2 0.745.76E−02 1 50 LGM23 0.92 3.56E−03 2 43 LGM23 0.73 1.02E−01 5 52 LGM230.74 8.69E−03 3 40 LGM23 0.77 5.13E−03 5 41 LGM23 0.83 3.99E−02 4 52LGM23 0.83 3.07E−03 4 6 LGM23 0.72 1.94E−02 4 32 LGM23 0.82 2.09E−03 3 1LGM23 0.77 5.88E−03 3 6 LGM23 0.74 5.71E−02 1 6 LGM23 0.78 4.03E−02 1 26LGM23 0.85 1.57E−02 1 43 Table 161. Provided are the correlations (R)between the genes expression levels in various tissues and thephenotypic performance. “Corr. ID”—correlation set ID according to thecorrelated parameters specified in Table 156. “Exp. Set”—Expression setspecified in Table 154. “R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = pvalue

TABLE 162 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under drought conditions across Sorghum accessions Gene Exp.Corr. Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set Set ID Name R P value set SetID LGA17 0.71 4.94E−02 1 27 LGA17 0.78 4.32E−03 3 15 LGA17 0.76 6.63E−033 37 LGA17 0.78 4.34E−03 3 47 LGA17 0.75 5.20E−02 3 46 LGA17 0.841.25E−03 3 40 LGA17 0.78 4.58E−03 3 49 LGA17 0.78 5.05E−03 3 39 LGA170.78 4.32E−03 3 14 LGA17 0.98 7.24E−04 3 42 LGA17 0.81 1.48E−02 2 50LGB14 0.81 7.87E−03 6 12 LGB14 0.81 8.35E−03 6 10 LGB14 0.72 2.98E−02 622 LGB14 0.73 2.50E−02 6 31 LGB14 0.72 2.76E−02 6 49 LGB14 0.81 7.91E−036 39 LGB14 0.79 3.57E−02 6 44 LGB14 0.76 8.22E−02 4 52 LGB14 0.802.94E−03 4 36 LGB14 0.79 3.75E−03 3 12 LGB14 0.76 6.76E−03 3 37 LGB140.91 9.94E−05 3 40 LGB14 0.70 1.61E−02 3 48 LGB14 0.85 8.53E−04 3 49LGB14 0.92 5.47E−05 3 39 LGB14 0.93 2.47E−03 3 44 LGB14 0.71 4.87E−02 232 LGB14 0.71 4.95E−02 2 17 LGB15 0.74 3.45E−02 1 47 LGB15 0.80 3.12E−021 46 LGB15 0.70 5.21E−02 1 43 LGB15 0.78 2.14E−02 1 45 LGB15 0.791.89E−02 1 51 LGB15 0.81 5.14E−02 1 42 LGB15 0.75 2.11E−02 6 17 LGB150.71 3.05E−02 6 45 LGB15 0.70 1.63E−02 4 45 LGB15 0.73 1.03E−02 4 33LGB15 0.81 2.28E−03 4 20 LGB15 0.83 4.29E−02 4 42 LGB15 0.78 3.81E−02 346 LGB15 0.92 8.83E−03 3 52 LGB15 0.72 1.21E−02 3 21 LGB15 0.72 4.47E−022 6 LGB15 0.71 4.96E−02 2 32 LGB15 0.78 2.19E−02 2 17 LGB15 0.945.86E−03 2 13 LGB15 0.72 4.48E−02 2 48 LGB15 0.78 2.35E−02 2 1 LGB150.78 2.30E−02 2 23 LGB15 0.81 1.48E−02 2 21 LGB16 0.73 3.88E−02 1 35LGB16 0.83 5.99E−03 6 6 LGB16 0.82 6.72E−03 6 1 LGB16 0.85 9.22E−04 4 37LGB16 0.70 7.89E−02 4 46 LGB16 0.70 1.59E−02 4 38 LGB16 0.72 1.26E−02 439 LGB16 0.89 1.85E−02 4 42 LGB16 0.71 1.39E−02 3 34 LGB16 0.76 2.95E−022 15 LGB16 0.81 1.51E−02 2 41 LGB16 0.83 1.07E−02 2 9 LGB16 0.762.95E−02 2 14 LGM11 0.77 1.52E−02 6 36 LGM11 0.81 2.36E−03 5 40 LGM110.71 1.42E−02 5 39 LGM11 0.79 6.31E−02 4 42 LGM11 0.78 5.08E−03 3 12LGM11 0.77 5.83E−03 3 37 LGM11 0.79 3.71E−03 3 40 LGM11 0.79 3.84E−03 348 LGM11. 0.85 8.41E−04 3 39 LGM11 0.74 5.47E−02 3 44 LGM11 0.749.42E−02 2 13 LGM12 0.77 2.62E−02 1 32 LGM12 0.88 3.55E−03 1 17 LGM120.90 2.36E−03 1 43 LGM12 0.72 4.42E−02 1 45 LGM12 0.82 1.23E−02 1 33LGM12 0.70 5.25E−02 1 5 LGM12 0.80 1.69E−02 1 51 LGM12 0.78 1.30E−02 612 LGM12 0.70 3.43E−02 6 2 LGM12 0.83 5.81E−03 6 22 LGM12 0.80 1.00E−026 31 LGM12 0.84 4.75E−03 6 48 LGM12 0.81 8.22E−03 6 54 LGM12 0.703.43E−02 6 49 LGM12 0.89 1.25E−03 6 4 LGM12 0.72 3.03E−02 6 39 LGM120.72 2.98E−02 6 29 LGM12 0.70 1.62E−02 5 22 LGM12 0.75 7.27E−03 5 54LGM12 0.74 9.72E−03 4 6 LGM12 0.79 3.54E−03 4 3 LGM12 0.83 1.41E−03 4 47LGM12 0.83 2.12E−02 4 46 LGM12 0.77 5.43E−03 4 49 LGM12 0.80 2.89E−03 430 LGM12 0.70 1.54E−02 4 8 LGM12 0.73 1.11E−02 3 7 LGM12 0.77 5.89E−03 312 LGM12 0.73 1.07E−02 3 15 LGM12 0.78 4.70E−03 3 28 LGM12 0.73 1.07E−023 14 LGM12 0.71 1.42E−02 3 8 LGM12 0.71 1.45E−02 3 26 LGM12 0.731.10E−02 3 53 LGM12 0.85 7.17E−03 2 6 LGM12 0.81 1.49E−02 2 31 LGM120.72 4.36E−02 2 1 LGM12 0.84 8.99E−03 2 4 LGM12 0.77 2.45E−02 2 21 LGM150.77 8.74E−03 5 11 LGM15 0.76 6.59E−03 4 48 LGM15 0.72 1.30E−02 3 54LGM15 0.81 1.54E−02 2 31 LGM15 0.79 2.04E−02 2 4 LGM15 0.71 4.87E−02 221 LGM17 0.78 3.69E−02 1 11 LGM17 0.79 6.22E−02 1 42 LGM17 0.74 2.31E−026 8 LGM17 0.86 2.84E−03 6 53 LGM17 0.84 1.80E−02 6 44 LGM17 0.721.05E−01 5 42 LGM17 0.85 1.02E−03 3 21 LGM12 0.82 1.26E−02 1 17 LGM20.88 3.76E−03 1 43 LGM2 0.76 2.99E−02 1 45 LGM2 0.82 1.22E−02 1 33 LGM20.76 2.75E−02 1 5 LGM2 0.87 4.73E−03 1 51 LGM2 0.79 5.92E−02 6 52 LGM20.82 2.14E−03 5 54 LGM2 0.77 2.59E−02 2 17 LGM2 0.84 9.64E−03 2 43 LGM20.72 4.41E−02 2 45 LGM23 0.72 2.95E−02 6 41 LGM23 0.83 1.08E−02 6 13LGM23 0.83 6.12E−03 6 50 LGM23 0.75 3.14E−02 2 6 LGM23 0.72 4.25E−02 2 1Table 162. Provided are the correlations (R) between the genesexpression levels in various tissues and the phenotypic performance.“Corr. ID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parametersspecified in Table 156. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table155. “R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value.

Example 17 Production of Sorghum Transcriptome and High ThroughputCorrelation Analysis with Yield, Drought and Lown Related ParametersMeasured in Fields Using 65K Sorghum Oligonucleotide Micro-Arrays

In order to produce a high throughput correlation analysis between plantphenotype and gene expression level, the present inventors utilized asorghum oligonucleotide micro-array, produced by Agilent Technologies[chem(dot)agilent (dot)com/Scripts/PDS(dot)asp?lPage=50879]. The arrayoligonucleotide represents about 65,000 sorghum genes and transcripts.In order to define correlations between the levels of RNA expressionwith ABST, drought, low N and yield components or vigor relatedparameters, various plant characteristics of 36 different sorghuminbreds and hybrids were analyzed under normal (regular) conditions, 35sorghum lines were analyzed under drought conditions and 34 sorghumlines were analyzed under low N (nitrogen) conditions. All the lineswere sent for RNA expression analysis. The correlation between the RNAlevels and the characterized parameters was analyzed using Pearsoncorrelation test [davidmlane (dot)com/hyperstat/A34739(dot)html].

Experimental Procedures

36 Sorghum varieties were grown in 5 repetitive plots, in field.Briefly, the growing protocol was as follows:

1. Regular growth conditions: Sorghum plants were grown in the fieldusing commercial fertilization and irrigation protocols (normal growthconditions), which include 549 m³ water per dunam (1000 square meters)per entire growth period and fertilization of 16 units of URAN® 21%(Nitrogen Fertilizer Solution; PCS Sales, Northbrook, Ill., USA).

2. Drought conditions: Sorghum seeds were sown in soil and grown undernormal condition until vegetative stage (49 days from sowing), and thendrought treatment was imposed by irrigating plants with approximately60% of the water applied for the normal treatment [315 m³ water perdunam (1000 square meters) per entire growth period].

3. Low Nitrogen fertilization conditions: Sorghum plants were sown insoil and irrigated with water as in the normal conditions [549 m³ waterper dunam (1000 square meters) per entire growth period], yet nofertilization of nitrogen was applied, whereas other elements werefertilized as in the normal conditions (Magnesium—405 gr. per dunam forthree weeks).

Analyzed Sorghum tissues—All 36 Sorghum inbreds and hybrids were sampleper each of the treatments. Tissues [Flag leaf and root] representingdifferent plant characteristics, were sampled and RNA was extracted asdescribed above. Each micro-array expression information tissue type hasreceived a Set ID as summarized in Table 163-164 below.

TABLE 163 Sorghum transcriptome expression sets in field experimentunder normal conditions Expression Set Set ID Flag leaf at Grain fillingstage, under Normal growth conditions 1 Peduncle at Grain filling stage,under normal growth conditions 2 Root at Seedling stage, under normalgrowth conditions 3 Table 163: Provided are the sorghum transcriptomeexpression sets. Flag leaf = the leaf below the flower.

TABLE 164 Sorghum transcriptome expression sets in field experimentunder low N conditions Expression Set Set ID Flag leaf at Grain fillingstage under low N gowth conditions 1 Table 164: Provided are the sorghumtranscriptome expression sets. Flag leaf = the leaf below the flower.

Sorghum yield components and vigor related parameters assessment -Plantswere phenotyped as shown in Table 165 below. Some of the followingparameters were collected using digital imaging system:

Grains yield per dunam (kg)—At the end of the growing period all headswere collected (harvest). Heads were separately threshed and grains wereweighted (grain yield). Grains yield per dunam was calculated bymultiplying grain yield per m² by 1000 (dunam is 1000 m²).

Grains yield per plant (plot) (gr.)—At the end of the growing period allheads were collected (harvest). Heads were separately threshed andgrains were weighted (grain yield). The average grain weight per plantwas calculated by dividing the grain yield by the number of plants perplot.

Grains yield per head (gr.)—At the end of the growing period all headswere collected (harvest). Heads were separately threshed and grains wereweighted (grain yield. Grains yield per head was calculated by dividingthe grain yield by the number of heads.

Main head grains yield per plant (gr.)—At the end of the growing periodall plants were collected (harvest). Main heads were threshed and grainswere weighted. Main head grains yield per plant was calculated bydividing the grain yield of the main heads by the number of plants.

Secondary heads grains yield per plant (gr.)—At the end of the growingperiod all plants were collected (harvest). Secondary heads werethreshed and grains were weighted. Secondary heads grain yield per plantwas calculated by dividing the grain yield of the secondary heads by thenumber of plants.

Heads dry weight per dunam (kg)—At the end of the growing period headsof all plants were collected (harvest). Heads were weighted after ovendry (dry weight). Heads dry weight per dunam was calculated bymultiplying grain yield per m² by 1000 (dunam is 1000 m²).

Average heads weight per plant at flowering (gr.)—At flowering stageheads of 4 plants per plot were collected. Heads were weighted afteroven dry (dry weight), and divided by the number of plants.

Leaf carbon isotope discrimination at harvest (%)—isotopic ratio of ¹³Cto ¹²C in plant tissue was compared to the isotopic ratio of ¹³C to ¹²Cin the atmosphere

Yield per dunam/water until maturity (kg/lit)—was calculated accordingto Formula XXXXII (above).

Vegetative dry weight per plant/water until maturity (gr/lit)—wascalculated according to Formula XXXXIII above.

Total dry matter per plant at harvest/water until maturity (gr/lit)—wascalculated according to Formula XXXXIV above.

Yield/SPAD at grain filling (kg/SPAD units) was calculated according toFormula XXXXVII above.

Grains number per dunam (num)—Grains yield per dunam divided by theaverage 1000 grain weight.

Grains per plant (num)—Grains yield per plant divided by the average1000 grain weight.

Main head grains num per plant (num)—main head grain yield divided bythe number of plants.

1000 grain weight (gr.)—was calculated according to Formula XIV above.

Grain area (cm²)—At the end of the growing period the grains wereseparated from the head (harvest). A sample of ˜200 grains wereweighted, photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The grain area was measured fromthose images and was divided by the number of grains.

Grain fill duration (num)—Duration of grain filling period wascalculated by subtracting the number of days to flowering from thenumber of days to maturity.

Grain fill duration (GDD)—Duration of grain filling period according tothe growing degree units (GDD) method. The accumulated GDD during thegrain filling period was calculated by subtracting the Num days toAnthesis (GDD) from Num days to Maturity (GDD).

Yield per dunam filling rate (kg/day)—was calculated according toFormula XXXIX (using grain yield per dunam).

Yield per plant filling rate (gr/day)—was calculated according toFormula XXXIX (using grain yield per plant).

Head area (cm²)—At the end of the growing period (harvest) 6 plants mainheads were photographed and images were processed using the belowdescribed image processing system. The head area was measured from thoseimages and was divided by the number of plants.

Number days to flag leaf senescence (num)—the number of days from sowingtill 50% of the plot arrives to Flag leaf senescence (above half of theleaves are yellow).

Number days to flag leaf senescence (GDD)—Number days to flag leafsenescence according to the growing degree units method. The accumulatedGDD from sowing until flag leaf senescence.

% yellow leaves number at flowering (percentage)—At flowering stage,leaves of 4 plants per plot were collected. Yellow and green leaves wereseparately counted. Percent of yellow leaves at flowering was calculatedfor each plant by dividing yellow leaves number per plant by the overallnumber of leaves per plant and multiplying by 100.

% yellow leaves number at harvest (percentage)—At the end of the growingperiod (harvest) yellow and green leaves from 6 plants per plot wereseparately counted. Percent of the yellow leaves was calculated per eachplant by dividing yellow leaves number per plant by the overall numberof leaves per plant and multiplying by 100.

Leaf temperature at flowering (° Celsius)—Leaf temperature was measuredat flowering stage using Fluke IR thermometer 568 device. Measurementswere done on 4 plants per plot on an open flag leaf.

Specific leaf area at flowering (cm²/gr)—was calculated according toFormula XXXVII above.

Flag leaf thickness at flowering (mm)—At the flowering stage, flag leafthickness was measured for 4 plants per plot. Micrometer was used tomeasure the thickness of a flag leaf at an intermediate position betweenthe border and the midrib.

Relative water content at flowering (percentage)—was calculated based onFormula I above.

Leaf water content at flowering (percentage)—was calculated based onFormula XXXXIX above.

Stem water content at flowering (percentage)—was calculated based onFormula XXXXVIII above.

Total heads per dunam at harvest (number)—At the end of the growingperiod the total number of heads per plot was counted (harvest). Totalheads per dunam was calculated by multiplying heads number per m² by1000 (dunam is 1000 m²).

Heads per plant (num)—At the end of the growing period total number ofheads were counted and divided by the total number plants.

Tillering per plant (num)—Tillers of 6 plants per plot were counted atharvest stage and divided by the number of plants.

Harvest index (plot) (ratio)—The harvest index was calculated usingFormula LVIII above.

Heads index (ratio)—Heads index was calculated using Formula XXXXVIabove.

Total dry matter per plant at flowering (gr)—Total dry matter per plantwas calculated at flowering. The vegetative portion above ground and allthe heads dry weight of 4 plants per plot were summed and divided by thenumber of plants.

Total dry matter per plant (kg)—Total dry matter per plant at harvestwas calculated by summing the average head dry weight and the averagevegetative dry weight of 6 plants per plot.

Vegetative dry weight per plant at flowering (gr)—At the floweringstage, vegetative material (excluding roots) of 4 plants per plot werecollected and weighted after (dry weight) oven dry. The biomass perplant was calculated by dividing total biomass by the number of plants.

Vegetative dry weight per plant (kg)—At the harvest stage, allvegetative material (excluding roots) were collected and weighted after(dry weight) oven dry. Vegetative dry weight per plant was calculated bydividing the total biomass by the number of plants.

Plant height growth (cm/day)—The relative growth rate (RGR) of plantheight was calculated based on Formula III above.

% Canopy coverage at flowering (percentage)—The % Canopy coverage atflowering was calculated based on Formula XXXII above.

PAR LAI (Photosynthetic active radiance—Leaf area index)—Leaf area indexvalues were determined using an AccuPAR Ceptometer Model LP-80 andmeasurements were performed at flowering stage with three measurementsper plot.

Leaves area at flowering (cm²)—Green leaves area of 4 plants per plotwas measured at flowering stage. Measurement was performed using a Leafarea-meter.

SPAD at vegetative stage (SPAD unit)—Chlorophyll content was determinedusing a Minolta SPAD 502 chlorophyll meter and measurement was performedat vegetative stage. SPAD meter readings were done on fully developedleaves of 4 plants per plot by performing three measurements per leafper plant.

SPAD at flowering (SPAD unit)—Chlorophyll content was determined using aMinolta SPAD 502 chlorophyll meter and measurement was performed atflowering stage. SPAD meter readings were done on fully developed leavesof 4 plants per plot by performing three measurements per leaf perplant.

SPAD at grain filling (SPAD unit)—Chlorophyll content was determinedusing a Minolta SPAD 502 chlorophyll meter and measurement was performedat grain filling stage. SPAD meter readings were done on fully developedleaves of 4 plants per plot by performing three measurements per leafper plant.

RUE (Radiation use efficiency)—(gr/% canopy coverage)—Total dry matterproduced per intercepted PAR at flowering stage was calculated bydividing the average total dry matter per plant at flowering by thepercent of canopy coverage.

Lower stem width at flowering (mm)—Lower stem width was measured at theflowering stage. Lower intemodes from 4 plants per plot were separatedfrom the plant and their diameter was measured using a caliber.

Upper stem width at flowering (mm)—Upper stem width was measured atflowering stage. Upper internodes from 4 plants per plot were separatedfrom the plant and their diameter was measured using a caliber.

All stem volume at flowering (cm³)—was calculated based on Formula Labove.

Number days to heading (num)—Number of days to heading was calculated asthe number of days from sowing till 50% of the plot arrive heading.

Number days to heading (GDD)—Number days to heading according to thegrowing degree units method. The accumulated GDD from sowing untilheading stage.

Number days to anthesis (num)—Number of days to flowering was calculatedas the number of days from sowing till 50% of the plot arrive anthesis.

Number days to anthesis (GDD)—Number days to anthesis according to thegrowing degree units method. The accumulated GDD from sowing untilanthesis stage.

Number days to maturity (GDD)—Number days to maturity according to thegrowing degree units method. The accumulated GDD from sowing untilmaturity stage.

N (Nitrogen) use efficiency (kg/kg)—was calculated based on Formula LIabove.

Total NUtE—was calculated based on Formula LIII above.

Grain NUtE—was calculated based on Formula LV above.

NUpE (kg/kg)—was calculated based on Formula LII above.

N (Nitrogen) harvest index (Ratio)—was calculated based on Formula LVIabove.

% N (Nitrogen) in shoot at flowering—% N content of dry matter in theshoot at flowering.

% N (Nitrogen) in head at flowering—% N content of dry matter in thehead at flowering.

% N in (Nitrogen) shoot at harvest—% N content of dry matter in theshoot at harvest.

% N (Nitrogen) in grain at harvest—% N content of dry matter in thegrain at harvest.

Data parameters collected are summarized in Table 165 herein below.

TABLE 165 Sorghum correlated parameters under normal and low Nconditions (vectors) Correlated parameter with Correlation ID 1000 grainweight [gr.] 1 All stem volume (F) [cm³] 2 Average heads weight perplant [F][gr.] 3 % Canopy coverage (F) [%] 4 Flag leaf thickness (F)[mm] 5 Grain area [cm²] 6 Grain fill duration [GDD] 7 Grain fillduration [number] 8 Grain NUtE [Float value] 9 Grains number per dunam[number] 10 Grains per plant [number] 11 Grains yield per dunam [kg] 12Grains yield per head [gr.] 13 Grains yield per plant (plot) [gr.] 14Harvest index (plot) [ratio] 15 Head area [cm²] 16 Heads dry weight perdunam [kg] 17 Heads index [ratio] 18 Heads per plant [number] 19 Leafcarbon isotope discrimination (H) [%] 20 Leaf temperature at flowering[CA°] 21 Leaf water content at flowering [%] 22 Leaves area (F) [cm²] 23Lower stem width (F) [mm] 24 Main head grains num per plant [num] 25Main head grains yield per plant [gr.] 26 N Harvest index [Ratio] 27 % Nin (Nitrogen) shoot (F) [%] 28 % N (Nitrogen) in grain (H) [%] 29 % N(Nitrogen) in head (F) [%] 30 % N Nitrogen in shoot (F) [%] 31 NUE[kg/kg] 32 Number days to anthesis [GDD 33 Number days to anthesis[number] 34 Number days to flag leaf senescence [GDD] 35 Number days toflag leaf senescence [number] 36 Number days to heading [GDD] 37 Numberdays to maturity [GDD] 38 NUpE [kg/kg] 39 PAR LAI 40 Plant height growth[cm/day] 41 Relative water content (F) [%], Normal 42 RUE (Radiation useefficiency) - (gr/% canopy coverage) 43 Secondary heads grains yield perplant [gr.] 44 SPAD at vegetative stage [SPAD unit] 45 SPAD (F) [SPADunit] 46 SPAD (GF) [SPAD unit] 47 Specific leaf area (F) [cm²/gr.] 48Stem water content (F) [%] 49 Tillering per plant [num] 50 Total drymatter per plant at harvest/ 51 water until maturity [gr./lit] Total drymatter per plant (F) (gr.) 52 Total dry matter per plant [kg] 53 Totalheads per dunam (H) [number] 54 Total NUtE [Float value] 55 Upper stemwidth (F) [mm] 56 Vegetative DW per plant (F) [gr.] 57 Vegetative DW perplant [kg] 58 Vegetative DW per plant/water until maturity [gr./lit] 59% yellow leaves number (F) [%] 60 % yellow leaves number (H) [%] 61Yield per dunam filling rate [kg/day] 62 Yield per dunam/water untilmaturity [kg/lit] 63 Yield per plant filling rate [gr./day] 64Yield/SPAD (GF) [kg/SPAD units] 65 Table 165. Provided are the Sorghumcorrelated parameters vectors). “kg” = kilograms; “gr.” = grams; “RP” =Rest of plot; “SP” = Selected plants; “lit” = liter; “ml”—milliliter;“cm” = centimeter; “num” = number; “GDD”—Growing degree day; “SPAD” =chlorophyll levels; “FW” = Plant Fresh weight; “DW” = Plant Dry weight;“GF” = grain filling growth stage; “F” = flowering stage; “H” = harveststage; “N”—Nitrogen; “NupE”—Nitrogen uptake efficiency; “VDW” =vegetative dry weight; “TDM” = Total dry matter. “RUE” = radiation useefficiency; “RWC” relative water content; “veg” = vegetative stage.

Experimental Results

Thirty-six different sorghum inbreds and hybrids lines were grown andcharacterized for different parameters (Table 165). The average for eachof the measured parameter was calculated using the JMP software (Tables166-175) and a subsequent correlation analysis was performed (Tables176-177). Results were then integrated to the database.

TABLE 166 Measured parameters in Sorghum accessions under normalconditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6Line-7 4 87.3 90.1 75.7 75.6 76.1 69.9 84.4 60 0.144 0.244 0.08 0.1340.274 0.132 0.101 61 0.265 0.157 0.323 0.389 0.323 0.095 0.139 29 1.91NA 1.621 2.086 NA 1.594 NA 30 2.315 NA 2.722 1.844 NA 1.97 NA 31 1.729NA 1.414 1.303 NA 1.602 NA 28 1.08 NA 0.559 0.722 NA 1.112 NA 1 29.8 3233.8 31.3 30 24.1 18.4 2 23261.2 19941.6 14878.4 31092.4 39294.6 13029.433015.4 3 17 17.7 9.7 10.2 37.7 11.1 11.3 5 0.179 0.144 0.144 0.1640.127 0.186 0.138 9 18.51 NA 35.87 31.06 NA 30.94 NA 6 0.119 0.133 0.130.136 0.13 0.105 0.092 7 459.6 407.9 396.8 423.6 358.8 414.6 305.6 8 3532.4 31 32.4 27.6 32.8 23.4 10 27117640 27702000 25021020 2920278021264980 25132460 20308520 11 2766.2 3370.4 3162.2 4531.2 3464.5 3570.42267.5 12 818.9 893.2 861.8 912.8 661.8 612.2 421 13 30.3 32.8 25.4 21.437.3 33.2 17 14 77.2 103.5 100.8 130.3 100.3 72.4 43.5 15 0.225 0.2710.281 0.335 0.271 0.306 0.126 16 134.4 96.7 112.8 101.7 106.1 84.1 105.617 1.046 1.062 0.956 1.01 0.797 0.768 0.747 18 0.345 0.399 0.393 0.4530.384 0.536 0.344 19 1.12 1.31 1.71 2.28 1.14 1.15 1.29 20 −12.8578−13.2 −13.1156 −12.8344 −13.16 −13.0467 −13.16 22 66 NA 74.1 71.8 63.377.5 70 23 16514.4 12058.4 12787 9932.2 11459.3 9116.4 9023.2 24 20 15.514.2 18.4 16 16.4 15.4 25 1322.3 1669.9 1615.1 1624.3 1784.3 1480.91008.7 26 38.2 53.8 55.6 51 53.4 36 19.8 27 0.354 NA 0.582 0.648 NA0.493 NA 32 45.5 49.6 47.9 50.7 36.8 34 23.4 39 1.913 NA 1.325 1.56 NA1.101 NA 33 777.5 709.7 740.6 768.4 773 725.7 831.9 34 89.2 83 85.8 88.488.8 84.2 93.4 35 1469.5 1165.8 1254.9 1441.2 1142.7 NA 1272 36 141 119125.5 139 117.2 NA 126.8 37 739.4 625.3 709 721.1 763.8 629.6 769.5 381237.2 1117.6 1137.4 1191.9 1131.7 1137.4 1137.4 40 5.34 5.58 4.42 3.763.62 4.01 4.92 41 1.24 2.55 2.04 2.01 2.76 1.12 2.18 43 2.27 1.34 1.031.11 2.1 1.07 1.96 42 90.8 91.7 91.2 88.7 88.3 84.5 87.2 46 56.9 52.549.2 55.1 48.2 53.3 48.9 47 56.3 56.3 53.3 59.1 52 54.2 47 45 48.5 42.443.1 42.1 39.3 46 33.3 44 2.45 7 2.2 30.99 5.72 2.84 2.33 48 137.5 148.3164.8 175.8 162.4 150.5 110.2 49 53.8 77.8 79.8 78.5 67.2 78 71.9 501.23 3.28 4.13 3.17 1.1 2.33 3.07 55 91.3 NA 123.2 89 NA 93.7 NA 52198.5 120.9 77.8 83.1 159.6 70.7 143.3 53 0.193 0.218 0.198 0.235 0.2170.137 0.172 51 0.0379 0.0469 0.0425 0.0478 0.0465 0.0297 0.0369 54 2595025250 31350 37950 15917.6 16250 23200 56 11.28 9.93 8.12 10.66 9.86 9.028.27 57 181.5 103.2 68 73 121.9 59.5 132 59 0.025 0.0283 0.0259 0.02630.0287 0.0129 0.024 58 0.097 0.103 0.106 0.088 0.101 0.08 0.126 62 23.427.6 27.8 28.2 23.9 20 17.9 63 1.62 1.92 1.85 1.85 1.42 1.26 0.9 64 1.111.88 1.86 2.54 2.1 1.13 0.93 65 24 33.7 34 48.1 38 28.4 23.7 Table 166:Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as described above)measured in Sorghum accessions (“L” = Line) under normal conditions.Growth conditions are specified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 167 Measured parameters in additional Sorghum accessions undernormal conditions Line Corr. ID Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 Line-11 Line-12Line-13 Line-14 4 NA 89.5 95.1 92.8 67.3 80.4 72.2 60 0 0.061 0.145 0.130.183 0.096 0.121 61 0.166 0.578 0.55 0.321 0.231 0.04 0.129 29 NA 1.796NA NA NA NA NA 30 NA 1.369 NA NA NA NA NA 31 NA 1.795 NA NA NA NA NA 28NA 1.151 NA NA NA NA NA 1 22.6 23.2 17.3 27 24.7 22.6 16.8 2 9480.221372.2 57928.1 42021.2 15340.9 10035.2 20685.1 3 6.8 12 22.4 35.7 8.810.3 24 5 NA 0.179 0.15 0.206 0.178 0.197 0.173 9 NA 26.69 NA NA NA NANA 6 0.119 0.098 0.086 0.116 0.105 0.103 0.083 7 433.9 425.1 285.1 479.2478.1 528.2 401.2 8 37 32.4 20.8 35.2 37.4 41 29.3 10 6938386 2662098023566280 16059440 10047874 24969700 15586667 11 883.9 3870.3 3226.63209.9 1567.8 2899.6 3451.8 12 154.3 663.3 457 473.8 257 664.8 297.9 138.6 27.9 30.8 39.5 9.2 29 15.1 14 18.7 89.4 57.3 86.9 37.1 67.9 62.4 150.172 0.295 0.062 0.177 0.168 0.291 0.15 16 226.2 156.4 120.4 210.5121.3 74.8 244.5 17 0.241 0.85 0.588 0.613 0.495 0.846 0.336 18 0.4140.485 0.127 0.31 0.476 0.443 0.322 19 1.04 1.4 0.95 1 1.32 1.26 1.43 20−13.4733 −12.825 −12.99 −13.3789 −12.5867 −13.14 NA 22 70.2 73.2 71.169.7 80.1 75.6 70.6 23 3520.4 12434.2 18050.2 16771.2 7915.8 8866.218167.7 24 9.3 20.5 21.9 22.6 17.9 13.7 24.7 25 450.1 1979.2 1582.71734.6 932.8 1362.5 2390.5 26 10 46.6 28.5 46.9 22.2 31.1 43.4 27 NA0.479 NA NA NA NA NA 32 8.6 36.9 25.4 26.3 14.3 36.9 16.6 39 NA 1.527 NANA NA NA NA 33 650.1 790.9 1167.9 1008.4 719 721.1 1091.8 34 77.8 90.2119 107 83.8 84 113.3 35 1078.8 1581.4 1588.7 1630.5 1580.2 1198.41628.1 36 112.6 148.8 149.2 152.2 148.7 121.3 152 37 630.5 756.1 NA945.2 621.2 663.5 945.2 38 1084 1216 1453 1487.5 1197.2 1122.6 1493 40NA 6.04 7.09 3.9 2.94 4.6 2.36 41 2.84 0.82 1.49 1.2 1.11 1.2 0.62 43 NA1.21 3.13 2.5 1.09 0.85 3.22 42 91.5 84 85.9 89 85.5 88 89.7 46 NA 57.653.6 59.8 50.9 54.5 58.9 47 60.1 59.9 50.5 58.6 51.9 52.7 57.1 45 48.945.6 39.6 43.7 45.2 42.7 37 44 0.11 4.37 0.21 NA 2.75 1.47 0.7 48 191.1123.3 143.9 118.6 171.9 154.9 121.1 49 83.4 72.3 74.5 63.2 76.2 75.9 5650 1.43 2.93 1.7 2.23 3.27 2.13 1.94 55 NA 88.5 NA NA NA NA NA 52 26108.5 292.9 232.7 72.5 68.4 233.2 53 0.06 0.17 0.415 0.248 0.132 0.1070.252 51 0.0135 0.0333 0.0736 0.0441 0.0284 0.0221 0.0447 54 17500 2230014750 11450 24700 21250 18694.4 56 7.78 9.95 7.34 11.88 9.94 9.19 9.4657 19.2 96.5 278.5 197.1 63.7 58.1 209.2 59 0.008 0.0174 0.0644 0.03080.0154 0.0125 0.0305 58 0.033 0.074 0.474 0.178 0.058 0.078 0.126 62 420.5 21.9 13.2 6.9 19.8 10.8 63 0.32 1.31 0.81 0.84 0.51 1.39 0.53 640.28 1.58 1.39 1.36 0.67 0.86 1.51 65 7.5 36 33 29.8 20.2 26.2 42.1Table 167: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (asdescribed above) measured in Sorghum accessions (“L” = Line) undernormal conditions. Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section.

TABLE 168 Measured parameters in additional Sorghum accessions undernormal conditions Line Corr. ID Line-15 Line-16 Line-17 Line-18 Line-19Line-20 Line-21 4 72.7 66.3 90.9 68.5 93 62.2 85.5 60 0.188 0.229 0.2460.036 0.173 0.015 0.147 61 0.142 0.213 0.272 0.241 0.302 0.141 0.042 29NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 30 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 31 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 28NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1 28.2 21.8 16.9 37 18.2 28.8 17.4 2 12649.415432.6 14500.7 26609.8 17621.5 13556.3 12018.1 3 9.6 14.1 7.7 24.7 24.113.5 16.6 5 0.169 0.195 0.144 0.209 0.162 0.204 0.189 9 NA NA NA NA NANA NA 6 0.122 0.115 0.082 0.146 0.093 0.121 0.089 7 364 331.6 341.9390.9 395.4 385.1 303.8 8 29 25.2 26.2 29.8 29.8 29.8 23.2 10 2373726025534520 19319316 12802788 14629600 16643442 31788060 11 3187.1 3304.82184.2 2187.1 1951.8 2731.1 3818.6 12 731.8 609.8 378.1 470.8 291.5496.6 611 13 33 29.5 14.9 22.2 8.1 29.6 30.1 14 88 72.9 39.1 76 37 75.967.5 15 0.324 0.322 0.187 0.179 0.11 0.351 0.264 16 82 106.1 129.3 86.383.3 114 90 17 0.86 0.762 0.646 0.602 0.619 0.523 0.717 18 0.472 0.5190.302 0.326 0.278 0.508 0.35 19 1.09 1 1.24 1.53 2.06 1.03 1.12 20−12.9933 −12.7333 −13.1533 −13.2933 −13.0033 −13.1933 −12.82 22 75.363.1 71.9 76.1 66.5 78.5 76.4 23 16019.6 20833 13190.4 16299.5 12096.811573.2 11655.8 24 16.1 20.9 16.9 22.3 16.3 19.2 19.1 25 1554.3 1950.9993.2 848.9 686.6 1329 1808.6 26 43.2 43.2 18 31.8 13 37.8 32.5 27 NA NANA NA NA NA NA 32 40.7 33.9 21 26.2 16.2 27.6 33.9 39 NA NA NA NA NA NANA 33 728.4 892.5 795.5 843.1 940.9 769.5 845 34 84.6 98 90.6 94.2 101.888.2 94.4 35 1242.8 NA NA 1628.1 1548.8 NA 1412 36 124.6 NA NA 152 146.5NA 137 37 697.4 853.2 728.4 755.8 892.4 655.2 763.8 38 1092.4 12241137.4 1234 1336.3 1154.5 1148.8 40 3.76 3.53 6.38 3.87 3.98 3.05 4.7841 1.41 0.86 0.9 1.22 1.52 0.73 0.67 43 1.06 2.42 0.89 3.96 1.63 1.322.27 42 91.9 91.4 83.6 90.9 87.9 90.2 89.5 46 52.6 49.1 53.9 61.5 51.451.6 47.9 47 54.3 49.8 54.8 61.8 54.2 55.6 51.6 45 45.1 43 40.2 42.431.7 49.6 41.8 44 0.95 0.25 5.63 10.96 5.36 5.89 1.7 48 179.1 183 159.2157.5 111.3 163.5 142.6 49 82.2 54.7 76.7 48.3 62.8 81 29.1 50 1.8 1.371.89 4.5 5.12 2.7 1.1 55 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 52 74.4 153.1 81.3 258.1151.9 76.8 187 53 0.13 0.126 0.126 0.226 0.158 0.132 0.132 51 0.0280.0249 0.027 0.0452 0.0283 0.0284 0.0284 54 19607.1 18300 23150 22687.543348.2 14873.5 18625.7 56 8 11.43 7.69 12.31 6.85 10.76 7.71 57 64.8139 73.6 233.4 127.8 63.3 170.4 59 0.0149 0.012 0.0191 0.0306 0.0180.0135 0.0186 58 0.078 0.058 0.052 0.144 0.131 0.055 0.08 62 25.2 24.214.9 15.9 10.4 16.4 27.2 63 1.57 1.2 0.81 0.94 0.53 1.07 1.31 64 1.51.72 0.81 1.45 0.63 1.52 1.5 65 28.8 39.4 20.5 19.3 18.4 27.8 36.2 Table168: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as describedabove) measured in Sorghum accessions (“L” = Line) under normalconditions. Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section.

TABLE 169 Measured parameters in additional Sorghum accessions undernormal conditions Line Corr. ID Line-22 Line-23 Line-24 Line-25 Line-26Line-27 Line-28 4 76 92.1 88.4 62.2 54.7 94.4 57.5 60 0.043 0.125 0.2450.128 0.114 0.327 0.077 61 0.059 0.413 0.788 0.188 0.152 0.635 0.139 29NA NA 1.542 1.604 NA NA NA 30 NA NA 1.862 1.651 NA NA NA 31 NA NA 0.7951.293 NA NA NA 28 NA NA 0.408 0.834 NA NA NA 1 21.4 28 27 29 20.9 29.422.5 2 8397.1 28819.2 52862.1 23299.4 8716.9 NA 18934.9 3 8.6 27.6 17.515.5 15 NA 20.3 5 NA 0.164 0.175 0.147 0.153 0.17 0.177 9 NA NA 35.1339.99 NA NA NA 6 0.103 0.129 0.116 0.129 0.103 0.125 0.112 7 500.3 476.6343.1 415.1 423.7 268.1 363.8 8 40.6 35.2 25 31.6 33 20.4 28.6 1013130962 6653443 23933120 24881460 19456260 19639820 21045320 11 2058.71109.8 3819.2 5346.8 2650.3 3204.7 3102 12 307.6 221 685.9 792 449.8626.1 497.1 13 13.3 8.4 37.6 48.3 25.1 31.6 30.9 14 44.3 33.6 101.5153.4 56.4 93.6 69 15 0.271 0.076 0.174 0.367 0.25 0.238 0.245 16 55200.5 136.5 192.1 85.9 119.3 151.3 17 0.361 0.417 0.981 0.898 0.6360.748 0.826 18 0.417 0.204 0.337 0.594 0.453 0.358 0.586 19 1.82 2.181.06 1.29 1.02 1.44 1.14 20 −12.72 −13.0767 −12.4078 −13.1378 −12.8267−12.6767 −13.0033 22 NA 67.3 70 68.2 72.9 67.3 76.1 23 6785.6 14171.821989.2 13038.2 10639.6 NA 14682.2 24 15 20.3 21.9 18.9 18.9 23.2 22 25756.2 573.1 2299.1 3152.2 1392.1 1579.3 1438 26 16.8 17.5 62.2 89.3 3046.8 33.5 27 NA NA 0.542 0.641 NA NA NA 32 17.1 12.3 38.1 44 25 34.827.6 39 NA NA 1.211 1.089 NA NA NA 33 611.9 996.1 1115.4 782.1 736.1945.2 745.5 34 74.4 106 115.2 89.6 85.4 102 86.2 35 NA 1579.1 1498.61343.5 NA 1610.7 1084 36 NA 148.6 143 132 NA 150.8 113 37 530.2 945.2945.2 740.6 693.3 879.2 709 38 1112.2 1472.8 1458.5 1197.2 1159.8 1213.41109.2 40 3.56 4.34 3.26 2.88 2.37 7.28 2.81 41 0.97 1.15 1.12 1.6 0.780.97 0.87 43 0.66 3.19 3.36 2.57 1.45 NA 1.45 42 94.6 88.7 89.2 89.390.5 91.9 91.3 46 52.7 54.7 52.5 57.7 53.5 50.2 54.9 47 47.2 56 52.457.6 56.6 52.3 54.4 45 40.9 35.7 41.2 43.3 44.9 40.2 43 44 4.1 1.83 NA5.05 1.25 NA NA 48 166.9 108.4 139.9 164.9 164.4 NA 156.7 49 NA 57.368.5 53.5 79.6 NA 84.6 50 3.5 4.83 1 1.2 2.07 1.2 1 55 NA NA 169.7 105.9NA NA NA 52 49.9 292.6 293.9 134.6 70.7 NA 81.5 53 0.068 0.249 0.2980.24 0.119 0.176 0.123 51 0.0145 0.0442 0.0529 0.0488 0.0251 0.03520.0265 54 22218.2 27333.3 15850 13892.9 16300 17150 14650 56 8.24 8.4111.43 10.41 9.62 11.29 11.57 57 41.3 265 276.4 119.1 55.6 NA 61.2 590.0084 0.0357 0.035 0.0198 0.0138 0.0224 0.011 58 0.062 0.234 0.2190.087 0.064 0.153 0.089 62 7.6 6.5 27.8 25.6 14 30.6 17.4 63 0.66 0.391.22 1.62 0.96 1.25 1.07 64 0.51 0.58 2.5 2.9 0.92 2.42 1.17 65 20.611.5 44 53.3 25.1 31.3 26.6 Table 169: Provided are the values of eachof the parameters (as described above) measured in Sorghum accessions(“L” = Line) under normal conditions. Growth conditions are specified inthe experimental procedure section.

TABLE 170 Measured parameters in additional Sorghum accessions undernormal conditions Line Corr. ID Line-29 Line-30 Line-31 Line-32 Line-33Line-34 Line-35 Line-36 4 85.8 88.8 92.6 87.3 81.6 90.1 66.2 82.3 600.09 0.127 0.3 0.171 0.033 0.087 0.24 0.131 61 0 0.018 0.168 0.256 0.1170.148 0.226 0.263 29 NA NA 1.841 NA NA 1.557 NA 1.84 30 NA NA 1.927 NANA 1.704 NA 2.047 31 NA NA 1.324 NA NA 1.235 NA 1.34 28 NA NA 0.971 NANA 1.231 NA 0.631 1 25.9 28.4 26.8 21.8 25.4 23.5 22.6 28.3 2 14471.911682.4 12897.2 27195.9 18515.8 16533.5 14367.4 45771.7 3 14.8 12.2 9.929.6 38 17 19 24.6 5 NA NA NA 0.214 0.189 0.172 0.168 0.156 9 NA NA32.59 NA NA 26.71 NA 19.84 6 0.11 0.12 0.111 0.102 0.111 0.109 0.1040.116 7 525.9 525.9 493.6 351.9 425.1 394.9 413.2 438.2 8 42.5 42.5 40.226.8 32.5 30 31.4 33.4 10 25439325 22595225 23516220 35903040 3591030030637940 37887500 22720400 11 3607.6 2713.3 3012.8 5869.7 5994.7 4733.14927.1 3710.2 12 693.9 663 668.8 861.9 904.6 757.3 874.2 653.2 13 35.535.6 30 56 52.7 46.2 48.7 27.2 14 91.9 74.1 80.3 130.1 122.6 108.7 112.899.9 15 0.358 0.345 0.316 0.284 0.312 0.307 0.308 0.135 16 115.1 141.799 174.1 245.3 195 180.4 136 17 0.816 0.81 0.845 1.027 1.014 0.968 1.1390.787 18 0.545 0.583 0.549 0.466 0.556 0.464 0.472 0.223 19 1.15 1.121.22 1.06 1.14 1.1 1 1.46 20 −13.36 −13 −13.0744 −12.85 NA −12.5611−12.79 −13.1378 22 NA NA NA 52.6 44.3 35.4 75.1 66 23 10885.2 970212009.2 20599.4 16039.2 17728.8 17360.8 15975.6 24 17.4 16.6 15.1 21.620.6 19.4 15.7 20.9 25 1964.2 1191.6 1513.4 2925.2 3386.4 2454.2 2247.42021.1 26 50.8 34 40.9 65.7 79.8 57.3 62.7 56.6 27 NA NA 0.6 NA NA 0.416NA 0.365 32 38.6 36.8 37.2 47.9 50.3 42.1 48.6 36.3 39 NA NA 1.259 NA NA1.475 NA 1.753 33 607.2 607.2 607.2 840 769.5 826.6 786.8 814 34 74 7474 94 88.5 93 90 92 35 NA NA NA 1544.8 NA NA NA 1473.8 36 NA NA NA 146.2NA NA NA 141.3 37 563.9 537.2 591 769.5 715.1 756.1 756.1 768.4 381133.1 1133.1 1100.8 1191.9 1194.6 1221.5 1200 1252.2 40 4.77 4.96 5.756.06 5.25 6.68 3.39 4.76 41 1.02 0.96 0.98 0.84 1.12 0.88 0.94 1.78 430.81 0.64 0.63 4.94 4.05 3.01 2.1 2.89 42 92.4 91.8 91.4 87.2 87.9 85.790.9 92.5 46 53.9 60.1 51.1 49.7 57 55.1 53.9 53.9 47 51.5 54.7 50.554.4 55.8 53.6 52.8 55.7 45 43.5 47.8 43.1 44.1 45.1 46.7 44.8 41.2 440.55 0.41 6.98 3.44 6.65 1.21 NA 7.5 48 173.3 151.9 167.2 104 82.3 66.9172.6 131.3 49 NA NA NA 20.6 38 37.4 70.1 66.7 50 3.58 3.54 2.89 2.17 11.07 1.13 2.73 55 NA NA 91.4 NA NA 88.6 NA 129.5 52 68.2 56 59 403.1323.4 264.5 140.9 231.1 53 0.141 0.11 0.128 0.25 0.227 0.198 0.198 0.39751 0.0304 0.0237 0.0274 0.0511 0.0456 0.0396 0.0401 0.0786 54 1987517979.2 21600 14064.3 16583.3 15400 16500 21250 56 10.1 8.91 8.77 10.0711.5 8.81 8.56 10.1 57 53.3 43.8 49.1 373.5 285.5 247.5 121.9 206.5 590.0137 0.0115 0.0125 0.0272 0.0205 0.022 0.0213 0.061 58 0.056 0.0620.074 0.128 0.072 0.083 0.083 0.283 62 16.3 15.6 16.5 32.2 27.4 25.127.8 20 63 1.49 1.42 1.44 1.74 1.81 1.52 1.77 1.29 64 1.2 0.8 1.12 2.52.4 1.92 2.01 1.84 65 38 22 32.7 54.3 58.9 46.1 50.5 39.9 Table 170:Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as described above)measured in Sorghum accessions (“L” = Line) under normal conditions.Growth conditions are specified in the experimental procedure section

TABLE 171 Measured parameters in Sorghum accessions under low Nconditions Line Corr. ID Line-1 Line-2 Line-3 Line-4 Line-5 Line-6Line-7 4 71 80.8 71.1 62.9 65.1 74.3 83.1 60 0.149 0.204 0.123 0.140.289 0.063 0.099 61 0.303 0.177 0.091 0.303 0.321 0.048 0.275 29 2.012NA 1.641 1.494 NA 1.565 NA 30 1.617 NA 2.306 1.38 NA 2.062 NA 31 1.223NA 1.005 1.417 NA 1.674 NA 28 0.925 NA 0.667 0.58 NA 0.992 NA 1 29.830.6 35.4 30.7 29.2 23.4 20.1 2 21835.9 19319.4 15290.9 24497 44648.613714.8 30943.7 3 19.6 17.3 10 11.7 38.7 12.4 13.7 5 0.179 0.147 0.1530.13 0.135 0.2 0.149 9 24.77 NA 29.66 37.89 NA 28.94 NA 6 0.121 0.1270.132 0.133 0.13 0.103 0.094 7 444.5 380.4 439.6 373.5 273.3 428.1 285.18 33.8 29.6 35 28.5 26.2 33.6 21.8 10 22070840 24438020 2150434021499680 20685020 21825800 16454200 11 3110.7 3929.4 2654.6 3987.64127.2 3314.9 2216.5 12 661.8 769.5 745.2 653.3 610.1 581.2 324.5 1334.2 35.1 23.1 18.8 42.8 38.9 15 14 88.1 116 87.4 113 115 79.5 42.2 150.238 0.281 0.245 0.294 0.27 0.3 0.126 16 135.4 108.3 102.8 108.1 13494.1 97.7 17 0.871 0.883 0.818 0.737 0.685 0.673 0.505 18 0.419 0.4080.364 0.414 0.39 0.447 0.31 19 1.15 1.35 1.64 2.16 0.99 1.13 1.15 20−12.7811 −13.1067 −12.9944 −12.8322 −13.0467 −13.4367 −12.9633 22 70.5NA 71.9 71.8 61.3 76.6 65.1 23 16770.4 10615.2 9361.4 12263.6 12503.97283.2 7295.8 24 19.7 14.3 14.1 17.1 17.3 15.1 16.1 25 1700.3 2239.11281.7 1754.3 2275.7 1569.7 1123.2 26 49.9 68.3 45.8 53.9 67 37.5 23.127 0.498 NA 0.487 0.566 NA 0.453 NA 32 330.9 384.8 372.6 326.6 305.1290.6 162.2 39 14.71 NA 12 8.51 NA 9.04 NA 33 814 751.3 689.4 782.1 781720.6 863.6 34 92 86.8 81.2 89.6 89.5 84 95.8 35 1442 1139.8 1215.21357.9 1115.5 NA 1266.7 36 139 117 122.6 133 115.2 NA 126.4 37 762.2669.1 675.1 757.6 757.6 649.4 823.4 38 1258.5 1131.7 1129 1154.5 1123.31148.8 1148.8 40 3.95 4.1 3.36 3.02 2.14 3.82 4.35 41 0.9 2.18 1.92 1.482.09 1.37 2.05 43 2.75 1.27 1.29 1.56 3.22 0.9 1.67 42 91.3 90.9 91.387.3 89.6 87.1 84.6 46 56.3 49.7 47 48.6 42.8 54.8 43.7 47 54.5 51.747.5 48.7 44.6 52.8 47.8 45 50.2 39.1 42.4 38.9 36.2 41.5 37 44 6.430.79 3.96 18.9 5.83 0.14 2.18 48 155.1 162.5 161.9 181.4 148.3 144.1100.3 49 49.5 81.6 76.1 78 60.2 79.4 72.6 50 1.14 2.23 5.03 2.2 1.1 2.793 55 93.3 NA 120.5 126.6 NA 99.8 NA 52 166 103.7 85.7 90.8 205.7 66.7138.3 53 0.2 0.231 0.213 0.243 0.262 0.131 0.183 51 0.0384 0.0497 0.04580.0529 0.0563 0.0281 0.0392 54 19050 19500 30600 29007.1 13250 1412519550 56 10.72 9.68 7.88 9.47 10.83 9.78 8.96 57 146.5 86.4 75.7 79.1167 54.2 124.6 59 0.0225 0.0296 0.0292 0.0326 0.0344 0.016 0.0272 580.114 0.114 0.102 0.083 0.101 0.085 0.127 62 20 26.2 21.5 21.7 22 16.914.8 63 1.28 1.65 1.6 1.33 1.31 1.25 0.7 64 1.57 2.35 1.43 2.43 2.861.14 1.15 65 32.7 43.5 30.9 52.1 57.2 29.5 25.5 Table 171: Provided arethe values of each of the parameters (as described above) measured inSorghum accessions (Line) under low N conditions. Growth conditions arespecified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 172 Measured parameters in additional Sorghum accessions under lowN conditions Line Corr. ID Line-8 Line-9 Line-10 Line-11 Line-12 Line-13Line-14 4 NA 87.4 85.5 93.1 55.4 74.1 67.4 60 0 0.105 0.2 0.037 0.240.165 0.244 61 0.199 0.416 0.59 0.344 0.186 0.032 0.206 29 NA 1.759 NANA NA NA NA 30 NA 1.16 NA NA NA NA NA 31 NA 1.314 NA NA NA NA NA 28 NA0.892 NA NA NA NA NA 1 23.7 22.8 16.5 24.8 25.6 25.2 29.5 2 8654.422138.7 48187.8 46278.3 15264.7 9784.8 13167 3 6.7 11 10.2 31.7 7.7 10.19.5 5 NA 0.169 0.131 0.175 0.168 0.185 0.181 9 NA 22.9 NA NA NA NA NA 60.121 0.096 0.083 0.111 0.11 0.108 0.123 7 453.5 437 303.1 381.1 448.5400.9 366.1 8 37 33.3 22 27.8 34.8 31.6 28.6 10 6420783 2619273321156820 10734122 10820540 21581650 22437200 11 1326.9 4021.6 3454.51697.2 1472.7 3041.2 2942.7 12 152 633.4 389.1 306.5 283 558.3 690.4 1312.9 28 27.7 20.9 10 27.6 34.1 14 31.1 90.2 58.7 44.1 35.7 74.7 84.1 150.194 0.225 0.065 0.085 0.165 0.357 0.296 16 235.3 156.9 136.7 190.3 11775.9 79 17 0.2 0.756 0.509 0.47 0.499 0.627 0.783 18 0.36 0.363 0.1220.176 0.469 0.51 0.46 19 1.07 1.41 0.95 1.13 1.46 1.26 1.11 20 −13.6167−12.69 −13.1067 −13.1678 −12.5867 −13.1267 −12.9967 22 71.9 69.2 68.669.3 79.7 76.7 73.6 23 3501 12503.7 15699.7 22712.4 8595.4 8279.614579.4 24 9 19.4 20.6 22.7 18 13.9 17 25 520.9 1874.6 1912.8 732.1810.6 1593.3 1572.2 26 12.3 43.7 33 19.1 19.8 40.8 46.4 27 NA 0.403 NANA NA NA NA 32 76 316.7 194.5 153.2 141.5 279.2 345.2 39 NA 11.61 NA NANA NA NA 33 630.5 802.2 1189.1 1097 740.6 725.1 751.5 34 76 91 120.6113.8 85.8 84.4 86.8 35 1070.9 1554.5 1534.2 1659.7 1570.2 1412 1165.836 112 147 145.5 154.2 148 137 119 37 630.5 734.9 NA 945.2 661.9 670717.1 38 1084 1239.2 1492.2 1478.1 1189.1 1126 1117.6 40 NA 5.22 4.976.28 2.15 4.02 2.83 41 2.5 0.65 1.15 0.96 0.71 1 1.12 43 NA 1.35 2.882.15 1.06 0.88 1.05 42 92.3 87.2 86.7 88.1 86.9 85.9 91.5 46 NA 51.246.2 57.4 49.6 53.6 48.5 47 50.1 53.1 42.8 56.9 49.1 50.5 48.8 45 41.940.1 36 39.4 36.3 40.4 45.4 44 5.2 10.09 NA 5.25 1.45 9.66 NA 48 189.5125.5 140.6 160 159.6 178.5 157.8 49 84.1 67.7 73.1 71.7 82.5 74.4 80 501.83 2.47 1.2 2.27 2.53 3.83 1.54 55 NA 104.4 NA NA NA NA NA 52 26.2 120241 200.8 55.3 64.6 68 53 0.078 0.223 0.418 0.292 0.122 0.125 0.168 510.0179 0.0436 0.0742 0.0518 0.0253 0.0269 0.0361 54 12833.3 20833.313166.7 14150 25900 18950 18250 56 7.89 9.5 6.88 11.01 9.43 8.68 8.36 5719.4 109 230.8 169.1 47.6 54.5 58.5 59 0.0111 0.0277 0.0633 0.04290.0142 0.0131 0.0152 58 0.053 0.119 0.467 0.192 0.059 0.052 0.071 62 418.9 18 11.9 8.2 17.2 24.3 63 0.32 1.25 0.69 0.54 0.57 1.2 1.48 64 0.491.51 1.52 0.75 0.61 1.42 1.63 65 12 40.6 40.9 13.3 17.5 34.9 31.9 Table172: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (as describedabove) measured in Sorghum accessions (Line) under low N conditions.Growth conditions are specified in the experimental procedure section.

TABLE 173 Measured parameters in additional Sorghum accessions under lowN conditions Line Corr. ID Line-15 Line-16 Line-17 Line-18 Line-19Line-20 Line-21 4 71.2 87.7 66.6 88.7 69.2 83 61.3 60 0.28 0.108 0.1420.197 0.044 0.176 0.009 61 0.276 0.215 0.08 0.227 0.034 0.151 0.057 29NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 30 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 31 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 28NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1 22.7 16.5 37 16.8 26.6 17.8 21.1 2 14934.218163.1 28962.4 18746.5 12235.2 15453.2 7723.9 3 9.9 11.4 19.7 16.1 17.313.9 8.3 5 0.177 0.165 0.199 0.16 0.183 0.185 NA 9 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA6 0.116 0.079 0.144 0.089 0.113 0.088 0.101 7 293.6 384.4 389.2 405.6454.6 323.1 527.5 8 22.2 29.2 29.5 30 35.4 24.6 42.6 10 2534472020035920 11582823 14659840 20818740 23299560 11431484 11 3864.4 2620.71944 1369.3 3561.9 3839.1 1999.4 12 605.1 366.7 423.1 280.2 590.6 454.7263.7 13 37.1 17.6 16.1 5.7 36.4 28.1 13.2 14 85.5 44.3 66.9 23.6 95.768.2 43.3 15 0.327 0.196 0.146 0.074 0.351 0.258 0.29 16 107 176.3 8366.7 117.5 98.1 47.5 17 0.693 0.58 0.474 0.577 0.679 0.508 0.262 180.492 0.352 0.257 0.203 0.526 0.39 0.367 19 1.06 1.11 1.78 2.3 1.15 1.222.54 20 −12.96 −13.07 −12.9367 −12.7733 −13.3467 −12.6033 −12.8267 2268.7 70.9 73.2 65.3 75.6 63 NA 23 16710.3 13218.2 14464.5 11759.2 8621.813816.8 6363.6 24 21 20 21.5 17.7 18.5 20.7 14.8 25 2037.5 1422.1 854.8449.6 1466.9 1989.8 659.5 26 46.2 24.5 31.9 7.7 40.6 35.6 14.2 27 NA NANA NA NA NA NA 32 302.5 183.3 211.6 140.1 295.3 227.3 131.8 39 NA NA NANA NA NA NA 33 967.4 840 889.2 1013.4 726.8 863.5 607.2 34 103.8 94 97.8107.4 84.6 95.8 74 35 1498.3 NA 1584.5 1576.2 1512.8 1412 NA 36 143 NA149 148.4 144 137 NA 37 892.6 769.5 814.2 905.8 641.5 773 534.2 38 12611224.3 1278.5 1419 1181.3 1186.6 1134.7 40 3.57 5.91 3.22 6.07 3.7 4.372.22 41 0.77 0.77 1.07 1.26 0.69 0.64 0.88 43 2.35 1.03 3.93 1.5 1.321.68 0.78 42 91.4 84.5 92.5 85.1 88.2 87 92.4 46 46.3 50 56.2 49.7 51.348.1 52.5 47 47.4 55.9 55.5 49.9 51.2 48.1 44.4 45 39.9 39.1 42 42 44.539.4 38.2 44 0.85 0.5 6.54 3.62 4.04 0.62 11.12 48 153.2 149.9 148.2123.3 147.8 130.5 150.1 49 47.5 78.8 48.8 65.8 74.6 43.8 NA 50 1.24 1.34.79 4.27 2.37 1.43 4.93 55 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 52 159.4 90.7 240.2133.7 88.7 138.1 48.1 53 0.139 0.134 0.267 0.194 0.115 0.129 0.092 510.027 0.0265 0.0507 0.0345 0.0239 0.0265 0.0198 54 15050 18650 2650047771.4 15378.6 14791.3 23437.3 56 9.78 8.57 12.73 7.75 10.95 7.75 7.5257 149.5 79.3 220.5 117.6 71.4 123.4 39.8 59 0.0136 0.0172 0.0377 0.02840.0113 0.0163 0.0122 58 0.069 0.055 0.147 0.106 0.071 0.092 0.092 6227.3 13 14.8 9.3 16.7 18.5 6.2 63 1.18 0.73 0.79 0.5 1.23 0.93 0.57 642.11 0.88 1.35 0.37 1.25 1.46 0.59 65 44 26.3 19.7 12 31.1 41.7 25.8Table 173: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (asdescribed above) measured in Sorghum accessions (Line) under low Nconditions. Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section.

TABLE 174 Measured parameters in additional Sorghum accessions under lowN conditions Line Corr. ID Line-22 Line-23 Line-24 Line-25 Line-26Line-27 Line-28 4 90.3 85.7 71.2 60.1 94.8 60.6 81.1 60 0.194 0.2090.145 0.151 NA 0.074 0.012 61 0.407 0.693 0.225 0.277 0.472 0.179 0.0529 NA 1.466 1.411 NA NA NA NA 30 NA 1.976 1.639 NA NA NA NA 31 NA 0.6950.986 NA NA NA NA 28 NA 0.488 0.7 NA NA NA NA 1 26.7 22.7 31.6 20.3 31.221.5 26 2 32879.7 62130.2 28010.3 8132.7 NA 18761.8 13549.2 3 20.4 19.837 11 NA 18.2 14.5 5 0.156 0.164 0.178 0.146 NA 0.188 NA 9 NA 18.1440.26 NA NA NA NA 6 0.129 0.105 0.136 0.102 0.133 0.105 0.109 7 395.4404.2 428.2 411.5 295.7 380.9 522 8 29 29.2 32.8 31.8 22.4 29.4 42.2 104496747 11541518 18740650 16305080 20382340 12164286 23557125 11 592.61907.3 3702.6 2806.6 3624.3 2363.9 3599.6 12 145.5 282.2 605.5 378 581.1291.8 671.5 13 9.5 19.1 36.4 22 36.6 19.1 33.9 14 17.5 43.2 111.3 59.1109.3 52.9 93.9 15 0.052 0.086 0.312 0.237 0.218 0.206 0.364 16 178.3124 150.2 82.5 123.7 113.7 108.2 17 0.347 0.485 0.71 0.503 0.72 0.6390.774 18 0.158 0.235 0.518 0.439 0.342 0.426 0.518 19 1.69 0.98 1.341.02 1.53 1.16 1.43 20 −12.9 −12.3556 −13.1 −13.06 −12.7533 −12.8967−13.0267 22 60.4 72.8 66.8 73.9 NA 76.3 NA 23 16953.3 26482.6 15781.48543 NA 15080.6 9350.7 24 20.9 24.4 18.2 16.9 NA 21.5 16.8 25 161.41071.8 2162.9 1311.7 1900.6 1326.5 1619 26 4.8 24.8 66.9 27.1 58.6 30.342.6 27 NA 0.266 0.568 NA NA NA NA 32 72.7 141.1 302.8 189 290.5 145.9335.8 39 NA 8.79 7.16 NA NA NA NA 33 1060.4 1153.7 771.5 748.3 955.1762.2 607.2 34 111 118 88.6 86.6 102.8 87.8 74 35 1575.2 1586.7 1250.81369 1631 NA NA 36 148.3 149.2 125.2 134 152.2 NA NA 37 912.2 NA 751.5677.8 901.2 727.2 574.8 38 1483.8 1558 1199.7 1159.8 1250.8 1143.11129.2 40 4 2.98 2.92 2.88 6.85 2.32 3.89 41 0.84 0.85 1.55 0.82 0.830.57 0.74 43 3.4 4.56 2.64 0.91 NA 1.35 0.85 42 88.6 88.9 89.9 93.1 90.692.4 93.3 46 47.8 47.1 54.9 50.3 43.2 50.7 55.1 47 49 41 49.2 49.6 48.752.5 52.9 45 35.9 38.5 40.5 48.4 40.6 41.1 44.6 44 1.76 NA 3.74 10.9236.79 0.5 6.36 48 96.9 165.9 153.4 165.2 NA 153.1 143.3 49 52.3 62.956.2 78.7 NA 81.8 NA 50 5.33 1 1.43 1.83 1.4 1.07 3.5 55 NA 194.9 128.5NA NA NA NA 52 306.1 385 180.8 53.3 NA 80.8 70.3 53 0.204 0.25 0.2140.127 0.272 0.138 0.133 51 0.0332 0.0443 0.0442 0.0268 0.0536 0.02960.0281 54 26033.3 13200 14404.8 13600 15500 13466.7 20520.8 56 9.4311.94 12.75 9.97 NA 10.98 9.12 57 285.7 365.3 143.9 42.3 NA 62.6 55.8 590.0273 0.034 0.0207 0.0151 0.0348 0.0172 0.0137 58 0.244 0.267 0.0760.069 0.187 0.064 0.057 62 7.6 9.9 19.8 12.1 25.9 10 15.9 63 0.33 0.51.27 0.8 1.13 0.63 1.41 64 0.39 0.87 2.19 1.01 2.44 1.05 1.13 65 5 23.244.9 30.1 36.3 25.4 33.8 Table 174: Provided are the values of each ofthe parameters (as described above) measured in Sorghum accessions(Line) under low N conditions. Growth conditions are specified in theexperimental procedure section.

TABLE 175 Measured parameters in additional Sorghum accessions under lowN conditions Line Corr. ID Line-29 Line-30 Line-31 Line-32 Line-33Line-34 4 74 88.2 94.3 84.5 68.6 84 60 0.084 0.254 0.088 0.118 0.220.205 61 0.092 0.069 0.175 0.137 0.326 0.404 29 NA 1.684 NA 1.326 NA2.015 30 NA 1.532 NA 1.478 NA 1.703 31 NA 1.38 NA 1.137 NA 1.584 28 NA0.856 NA 0.808 NA 0.539 1 27.9 28.4 20.9 24.4 23.5 26.1 2 9492.3 14554.427230.6 18260.1 18322.3 42073.4 3 10.9 11.1 16 22.6 19.8 14.7 5 NA NA0.2 0.178 0.159 0.158 9 NA 35.16 NA 43.48 NA 15.48 6 0.118 0.116 0.0980.113 0.104 0.109 7 522.5 518.8 344.9 412.3 391 436.9 8 42.2 42 26.231.2 29.8 33.2 10 16479475 25747580 36116975 36860650 33562075 1800014011 2406.1 3436.2 6082.5 5855.7 4395.8 3020.8 12 510.9 774.6 816.4 922.4828.4 485.5 13 27.9 40 57.5 50.8 48.7 26.4 14 68.2 95.3 127.8 139.4101.2 76.1 15 0.344 0.334 0.256 0.366 0.3 0.114 16 138.6 112.2 185.6222.3 140.8 115.6 17 0.635 0.926 0.969 0.996 1.04 0.585 18 0.61 0.5330.425 0.535 0.486 0.176 19 1.08 1.16 1.02 1.14 1.06 1.28 20 −13.0233−12.9756 −13.0333 −12.8422 −12.6367 −13.0322 22 NA NA 67.3 68.6 71.7 6923 5454 9065.6 20008 21922.8 15977 18430.4 24 15.4 15.4 21.2 20.8 17.520.5 25 1259.4 1724 3230.2 3170.3 2099.2 1383.3 26 36 48.8 69.2 79.249.6 36.4 27 NA 0.592 NA 0.577 NA 0.312 32 255.4 387.3 408.2 461.2 414.2242.8 39 NA 11.09 NA 10.96 NA 13.24 33 607.2 607.2 872.8 866.2 820 813.434 74 74 96.5 96 92.5 92 35 NA 1247.5 1528 NA 1405.5 1392.6 36 NA 125145 NA 136.5 135.5 37 574.8 607.2 814.2 749.1 769.5 773 38 1129.8 11261217.6 1278.6 1211 1250.3 40 3.18 5.37 6.86 4.96 3.39 4.38 41 0.85 1.170.82 0.77 0.91 1.54 43 0.6 0.65 3.13 3.28 1.84 4.08 42 93.5 94.2 85.987.6 92.2 92 46 55.5 49.8 45.8 51 45 50.6 47 52.2 49.9 47.3 53.8 45.950.9 45 46.9 41.4 39.9 41.8 39.5 38.3 44 5.12 1.57 NA 12.83 0.77 5.67 48151.1 142.9 152.4 133.1 159.4 139.7 49 NA NA 30.3 39.9 72.5 50.5 50 3.463.4 2.25 1 1.08 2.83 55 NA 102.2 NA 112.4 NA 154.2 52 45.4 58.6 293.9275.5 124.4 344 53 0.105 0.145 0.263 0.212 0.163 0.405 51 0.0226 0.0310.0526 0.0398 0.0319 0.0801 54 16495.8 17950 12910.7 15812.5 15567.918400 56 8.63 8.78 9.05 9.4 9.41 9.06 57 34.5 47.5 277.9 252.9 104.5329.2 59 0.0088 0.0147 0.0303 0.0184 0.0174 0.0658 58 0.045 0.075 0.1470.091 0.083 0.217 62 12.2 18.4 31.9 29.9 27.8 14.9 63 1.1 1.66 1.63 1.741.69 0.96 64 0.91 1.18 2.67 2.66 1.67 1.32 65 26.9 35.3 69.8 61.6 45.631.9 Table 175: Provided are the values of each of the parameters (asdescribed above) measured in Sorghum accessions (Line) under low Nconditions. Growth conditions are specified in the experimentalprocedure section.

TABLE 176 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under normal conditions across Sorghum accessions Gene Exp.Corr. Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set Set ID Name R P value set SetID LGB15 0.72 2.76E−02 3 9 LGB16 0.76 1.68E−02 3 27 LGB16 0.71 3.36E−021 27 LGB16 0.71 3.07E−02 1 9 LGM15 0.81 8.18E−03 3 30 LGM17 0.872.31E−03 3 28 Table 176. Provided are the correlations (R) between thegenes expression levels in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance. “Corr. ID”—correlation set ID according to the correlatedparameters specified in Table 165. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specifiedin Table 163. “R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value.

TABLE 177 Correlation between the expression level of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention in various tissues and the phenotypicperformance under Low N growth stress conditions across Sorghumaccessions Gene Exp. Corr. Gene Exp. Corr. Name R P value set Set IDName R P value set Set ID LGB15 0.70 3.47E−02 1 30 LGB16 0.83 5.35E−03 155 Table 177. Provided are the correlations (R) between the genesexpression levels in various tissues and the phenotypic performance.“Corr. ID”—correlation set ID according to the correlated parametersspecified in Table 165. “Exp. Set”—Expression set specified in Table164. “R” = Pearson correlation coefficient; “P” = p value

Example 18 Identification of Genes which Increase ABST, Growth Rate,Vigor, Yield, Biomass, Oil Content, WUE, NUE and/or FUE in Plants

Based on the above described bioinformatics and experimental tools, thepresent inventors have identified 89 genes which exhibit major impact onabiotic stress tolerance, plant yield, seed yield, oil content, growthrate vigor, biomass, fiber yield and quality, photosynthetic capacity,root coverage, rosette area, plot coverage, growth rate, nitrogen useefficiency, water use efficiency and fertilizer use efficiency whenexpression thereof is increased in plants. The identified genes, theircurated polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences, as well as theirupdated sequences according to GenBank database are summarized in Table178, hereinbelow.

TABLE 178 Identified genes for increasing abiotic stress tolerance,water use efficiency, yield, growth rate, vigor, biomass, growth rate,oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, nitrogen use efficiency andfertilizer use efficiency of a plant Gene Polyn. SEQ ID Polyp. SEQ NameOrganism/Cluster Name NO: ID NO: LGA1 barley|12v1|AV833096 1 182 LGA2barley|12v1|AV834937 2 183 LGA6 cotton|11v1|AI728967 3 184 LGA9gossypium_raimondii|13v1|BQ410590 4 185 LGA17 sorghum|13v2|BF176782 5186 LGA1_H4 rice|13v2|AU058418 6 187 LGB1 cotton|11v1|DT468691 7 188LGB2 foxtail_millet|13v2|EC613682 8 189 LGB4foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X122303 9 190 LGB5foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X140046 10 191 LGB7 maize|13v2|AI901347 11192 LGB8 maize|13v2|CF036651 12 193 LGB9 rice|13v2|AA750795 13 194 LGB10rice|13v2|BE229598 14 195 LGB11 rice|13v2|CA753146 15 196 LGB14sorghum|13v2|AI724216 16 197 LGB15 sorghum|13v2|AW564221 17 198 LGB16sorghum|13v2|BF317828 18 199 LGB18 wheat|12v3|CA720225 19 200 LGB18_H2barley|12v1|BE422321 20 201 LGD1 wheat|12v3|BE404793 21 202 LGD2tomato|13v1|AA824770 22 203 LGD3 bean|12v2|CA905318 23 204 LGD6arabidopsis|13v2|AT3G12290 24 205 LGD7 b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01AX6UP 25206 LGD8 bean|12v2|HO781071 26 207 LGD9 bean|13v1|CA898975 27 208 LGD10bean|13v1|SRR001335X441509 28 209 LGD11 bean|13v1|SRR090491X1205635 29210 LGD12 canola|11v1|DY024508 30 211 LGD14 medicago|13v1|AL368483 31212 LGD15 medicago|13v1|AW690234 32 213 LGD16 medicago|13v1|BF641377 33214 LGD17 medicago|13v1|BI270559 34 215 LGD18 soybean|13v2|GLYMA07G0123035 216 LGD19 soybean|13v2|GLYMA08G22020 36 217 LGD20soybean|13v2|GLYMA11G37630 37 218 LGD21 soybean|13v2|GLYMA12G00350 38219 LGD23 soybean|13v2|GLYMA20G17440 39 220 LGD24 tomato|13v1|AF23374540 221 LGD25 tomato|13v1|AI897510 41 222 LGD26 tomato|13v1|AW219459 42223 LGM4 maize|10v1|AI586576 44 225 LGM5 maize|10v1|AI745971 45 226 LGM7maize|10v1|BG836857 46 227 LGM8 maize|10v1|BG841757 47 228 LGM9maize|13v2|AI737203 48 229 LGM10 rice|13v2|AB239801 49 230 LGM11sorghum|12v1|SB07G007870 50 231 LGM12 sorghum|12v1|SB07G024310 51 232LGM13 rice|13v2|AU069785 52 233 LGM14 maize|10v1|T23364 53 234 LGM15sorghum|13v2|BE594866 54 235 LGM16 maize|13v2|AI615185 55 236 LGM17sorghum|13v2|BG048663 56 237 LGM18 brachypodium|12v1|BRADI3G57667 57 238LGM21 maize|13v2|AW076322 59 240 LGM22 rice|13v2|CF306237 60 241 LGM23sorghum|13v2|CD232722 61 242 LGM18_H1 rice|13v2|BI808928 62 243 MGP15barley|12v1|BF265446 63 244 MGP16 barley|12v1|BF627028 64 245 MGP17barley|12v1|EX585887 65 246 MGP18 cotton|11v1|CO074273 66 247 MGP19foxtail_millet|13v2|EC612255 67 248 MGP20 maize|13v2|AI396237 68 249MGP21 maize|13v2|BE509799 69 250 MGP22 maize|13v2|CF629964 70 251 MGP23maize|13v2|BU197720 71 252 MGP24 maize|13v2|EU943272 72 253 MGP25rice|11v1|BI797334 73 254 MGP26 rice|13v2|AU056740 74 255 MGP27rice|13v2|AU174125 75 256 MGP28 rice|13v2|BQ908084 76 257 MGP30rice|13v2|CI354913 77 258 MGP33 sorghum|12v1|SB03G000370 78 259 MGP34sorghum|13v2|BF587276 79 260 MGP35 sorghum|12v1|SB03G040900 80 261 MGP37sorghum|13v2|CD204652 81 262 MGP38 sorghum|13v2|CD213494 82 263 MGP39sorghum|13v2|CN128367 83 264 MGP40 tomato|13v1|AI485915 84 265 MGP42wheat|12v3|BF201691 85 266 MGP19_H1 sorghum|13v2|BF656809 86 267MGP30_H3 sorghum|13v2|CF480985 87 268 RIN44 rice|11v1|BE039940 88 269LGA1_H4 rice|13v2|AU058418 89 187 LGB4foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X122303 90 190 LGB11 rice|13v2|CA753146 91270 LGB18_H2 barley|12v1|BE422321 92 271 LGD7b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01AX6UP 93 272 LGD16 medicago|13v1[BF641377 94 214LGD25 tomato|13v1|AI897510 95 222 LGM18_H1 rice|13v2|BI808928 96 243MGP22 maize|13v2|CF629964 97 251 MGP24 maize|13v2|EU943272 98 273 MGP40tomato|13v1|AI485915 99 274 MGP19_H1 sorghum|13v2|BF656809 100 267MGP30_H3 sorghum|13v2|CF480985 101 268 LGM2 sorghum|12v1|SB03G012590 140224 LGM19 maize|10v1|AW000428 154 288 LYM672_H1,sorghum|13v2|XM_002457691 1865 5051 LGM2 LYM672 maize|13v2|EE162371_T11866 5052 LYM466 sorghum|13v2|BE361086 2345 5457 LYM466_H2maize|13v2|AI783091_P1 2346 5458 LGM19_H2echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X38582D1_P1 2347 5459 LGM19_H1foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X1141 2348 5460 LGM19_H1foxtail_millet|14v1|JK548042_P1 2349 5461 LYM466_H5 rice|13v2|AU0898252350 5462 LGM19_H3 echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X126026D1_P1 2351 5463LYM466_H7 brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G57640T2 2352 5464 LYM466_H7brachypodium|14v1|DV469198_T1 2353 5464 LGA2 barley|12v1|AV834937 102183 LGA6 cotton|11v1|AI728967 103 275 LGA9gossypium_raimondii|13v1|BQ410590 104 276 LGA17 sorghum|13v2|BF176782105 277 LGA1_H4 rice|13v2|AU058418 106 187 LGB1 cotton|11v1|DT468691 107278 LGB2 foxtail_millet|13v2|EC613682 108 189 LGB4foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X122303 109 190 LGB5foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X140046 110 191 LGB8 maize|13v2|CF036651111 193 LGB9 rice|13v2|AA750795 112 194 LGB10 rice|13v2|BE229598 113 279LGB11 rice|13v2|CA753146 114 196 LGB14 sorghum|13v2|AI724216 115 197LGB15 sorghum|13v2|AW564221 116 198 LGB16 sorghum|13v2|BF317828 117 199LGB18_H2 barley|12v1|BE422321 118 280 LGD1 wheat|12v3|BE404793 119 281LGD2 tomato|13v1|AA824770 120 203 LGD3 bean|12v2|CA905318 121 204 LGD6arabidopsis|13v2|AT3G12290 122 205 LGD7 b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01AX6UP 123282 LGD8 bean|12v2|HO781071 124 283 LGD9 bean|13v1|CA898975 125 208LGD10 bean|13v1|SRR001335X441509 126 284 LGD11bean|13v1|SRR090491X1205635 127 210 LGD12 canola|11v1|DY024508 128 211LGD14 medicago|13v1|AL368483 129 285 LGD15 medicago|13v1|AW690234 130213 LGD16 medicago|13v1|BF641377 131 214 LGD17 medicago|13v1|BI270559132 215 LGD18 soybean|13v2|GLYMA07G01230 133 216 LGD19soybean|13v2|GLYMA08G22020 134 217 LGD20 soybean|13v2|GLYMA11G37630 135218 LGD21 soybean|13v2|GLYMA12G00350 136 219 LGD23soybean|13v2|GLYMA20G17440 137 220 LGD24 tomato|13v1|AF233745 138 221LGD26 tomato|13v1|AW219459 139 223 LGM4 maize|10v1|AI586576 141 225 LGM5maize|10v1|AI745971 142 226 LGM7 maize|10v1|BG836857 143 286 LGM8maize|10v1|BG841757 144 228 LGM9 maize|13v2|AI737203 145 229 LGM10rice|13v2|AB239801 146 230 LGM11 sorghum|12v1|SB07G007870 147 231 LGM12sorghum|12v1|SB07G024310 148 232 LGM13 rice|13v2|AU069785 149 233 LGM14maize|10v1|T23364 150 234 LGM15 sorghum|13v2|BE594866 151 235 LGM16maize|13v2|AI615185 152 287 LGM17 sorghum|13v2|BG048663 153 237 LGM21maize|13v2|AW076322 155 240 LGM22 rice|13v2|CF306237 156 289 LGM23sorghum|13v2|CD232722 157 290 LGM18_H1 rice|13v2|BI808928 158 243 MGP15barley|12v1|BF265446 159 244 MGP16 barley|12v1|BF627028 160 245 MGP17barley|12v1|EX585887 161 291 MGP18 cotton|11v1|CO074273 162 292 MGP20maize|13v2|AI396237 163 293 MGP21 maize|13v2|BE509799 164 250 MGP22maize|13v2|CF629964 165 251 MGP23 maize|13v2|BU197720 166 252 MGP24maize|13v2|EU943272 167 253 MGP25 rice|11v1|BI797334 168 254 MGP26rice|13v2|AU056740 169 255 MGP27 rice|13v2|AU174125 170 256 MGP28rice|13v2|BQ908084 171 294 MGP33 sorghum|12v1|SB03G000370 172 259 MGP34sorghum|13v2|BF587276 173 295 MGP35 sorghum|12v1|SB03G040900 174 261MGP38 sorghum|13v2|CD213494 175 263 MGP39 sorghum|13v2|CN128367 176 264MGP40 tomato|13v1|AI485915 177 296 MGP42 wheat|12v3|BF201691 178 297MGP19_H1 sorghum|13v2|BF656809 179 267 MGP30_H1 sorghum|13v2|CF480985180 268 RIN44 rice|11v1|BE039940 181 269 Table 178. Provided are theidentified genes which expression thereof in plants increases abioticstress tolerance, water use efficiency, yield, growth rate, vigor,biomass, fiber yield, fiber quality, gowth rate, oil content, nitrogenuse efficiency and fertilizer use efficiency of a plant.“Polyn.”—polynucleotide; “Polyp.”—polypeptide.

Example 19 Identification of Homologues which Affect ABST, WUE, Yield,Growth Rate, Vigor, Biomass, Oil Content, NUE and/or FUE of a Plant

The concepts of orthology and paralogy have recently been applied tofunctional characterizations and classifications on the scale ofwhole-genome comparisons. Orthologs and paralogs constitute two majortypes of homologs: The first evolved from a common ancestor byspecialization, and the latter are related by duplication events. It isassumed that paralogs arising from ancient duplication events are likelyto have diverged in function while true orthologs are more likely toretain identical function over evolutionary time.

Identification of putative orthologs of the genes identified in Table178 above can be performed using various tools such as the BLAST™(National Library of Medicine; Basic Local Alignment Search Tool/).Sequences sufficiently similar were tentatively grouped. These putativeorthologs were further organized under a Phylogram—a branching diagram(tree) assumed to be a representation of the evolutionary relationshipsamong the biological taxa. Putative ortholog groups were analyzed as totheir agreement with the phylogram and in cases of disagreements theseortholog groups were broken accordingly.

Expression data was analyzed and the EST libraries were classified usinga fixed vocabulary of custom terms such as developmental stages (e.g.,genes showing similar expression profile through development with upregulation at specific stage, such as at the seed filling stage) and/orplant organ (e.g., genes showing similar expression profile across theirorgans with up regulation at specific organs such as seed). Theannotations from all the ESTs clustered to a gene were analyzedstatistically by comparing their frequency in the cluster versus theirabundance in the database, allowing to construct a numeric and graphicexpression profile of that gene, which is termed “digital expression”.The rationale of using these two complementary methods with methods ofphenotypic association studies of QTLs, SNPs and phenotype expressioncorrelation is based on the assumption that true orthologs are likely toretain identical function over evolutionary time. These methods providedifferent sets of indications on function similarities between twohomologous genes, similarities in the sequence level—identical aminoacids in the protein domains and similarity in expression profiles.

Methods for searching and identifying homologues of yield and improvedagronomic traits such as ABS tolerance and FUE related polypeptides orpolynucleotides are well within the realm of the skilled artisan. Thesearch and identification of homologous genes involves the screening ofsequence information available, for example, in public databases, whichinclude but are not limited to the DNA Database of Japan (DDBJ),Genbank, and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory Nucleic AcidSequence Database (EMBL) or versions thereof or the MIPS database. Anumber of different search algorithms have been developed, including butnot limited to the suite of programs referred to as BLAST™ programs.There are five implementations of BLAST™, three designed for nucleotidesequence queries (BLASTN, BLASTX, and TBLASTX) and two designed forprotein sequence queries (BLASTP and TBLASTN) (Coulson, Trends inBiotechnology: 76-80, 1994; Birren et al., Genome Analysis, I: 543,1997). Such methods involve alignment and comparison of sequences. TheBLAST™ algorithm calculates percent sequence identity and performs astatistical analysis of the similarity between the two sequences. Thesoftware for performing BLAST™ analysis is publicly available throughthe National Centre for Biotechnology Information. Other such softwareor algorithms are GAP, BESTFIT, FASTA and TFASTA. GAP uses the algorithmof Needleman and Wunsch (J. Mol. Biol. 48: 443-453, 1970) to find thealignment of two complete sequences that maximizes the number of matchesand minimizes the number of gaps.

The homologous genes may belong to the same gene family. The analysis ofa gene family may be carried out using sequence similarity analysis. Toperform this analysis one may use standard programs for multiplealignments e.g. Clustal W. A neighbour-joining tree of the proteinshomologous to the genes in this invention may be used to provide anoverview of structural and ancestral relationships. Sequence identitymay be calculated using an alignment program as described above. It isexpected that other plants will carry a similar functional gene(orthologue) or a family of similar genes and those genes will providethe same preferred phenotype as the genes presented here.Advantageously, these family members may be useful in the methods of theinvention. Example of other plants are included here but not limited to,barley (Hordeum vulgare), Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), maize (Zeamays), cotton (Gossypium), Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), Rice (Oryzasativa), Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor),Soybean (Glycine max), Sunflower (Helianthus annuus), Tomato(Lycopersicon esculentum), Wheat (Triticum aestivum).

The above-mentioned analyses for sequence homology is preferably carriedout on a full-length sequence, but may also be based on a comparison ofcertain regions such as conserved domains. The identification of suchdomains would also be well within the realm of the person skilled in theart and would involve, for example, a computer readable format of thenucleic acids of the present invention, the use of alignment softwareprograms and the use of publicly available information on proteindomains, conserved motifs and boxes. This information is available inthe PRODOM (biochem (dot) ucl (dot) ac (dot)uk/bsm/dbbrowser/protocol/prodomqry (dot) html), PIR (pir (dot)Georgetown (dot) edu/) or Pfam (sanger (dot) ac (dot) uk/Software/Pfam/)database. Sequence analysis programs designed for motif searching may beused for identification of fragments, regions and conserved domains asmentioned above. Preferred computer programs include, but are notlimited to, MEME, SIGNALSCAN, and GENESCAN.

A person skilled in the art may use the homologous sequences providedherein to find similar sequences in other species and other organisms.Homologues of a protein encompass, peptides, oligopeptides,polypeptides, proteins and enzymes having amino acid substitutions,deletions and/or insertions relative to the unmodified protein inquestion and having similar biological and functional activity as theunmodified protein from which they are derived. To produce suchhomologues, amino acids of the protein may be replaced by other aminoacids having similar properties (conservative changes, such as similarhydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, antigenicity, propensity to form orbreak a-helical structures or 3-sheet structures). Conservativesubstitution tables are well known in the art (see for example Creighton(1984) Proteins. W.H. Freeman and Company). Homologues of a nucleic acidencompass nucleic acids having nucleotide substitutions, deletionsand/or insertions relative to the unmodified nucleic acid in questionand having similar biological and functional activity as the unmodifiednucleic acid from which they are derived.

Polynucleotides and polypeptides with significant homology to theidentified genes described in Table 178 (Example 18 above) wereidentified from the databases using BLAST™ software with the BLASTP™ andtBLAST™ algorithms as filters for the first stage, and the needle(EMBOSS package) or Frame+ algorithm alignment for the second stage.Local identity (Blast alignments) was defined with a very permissivecutoff—60% Identity on a span of 60% of the sequences lengths because ituse as only a filter for the global alignment stage. The defaultfiltering of the Blast package was not utilized (by setting theparameter “-F F”).

In the second stage, homologs were defined based on a global identity ofat least 80% to the core gene polypeptide sequence. Two distinct formsfor finding the optimal global alignment for protein or nucleotidesequences were used in this application:

1. Between two proteins (following the BLASTP™ filter): EMBOSS-6.0.1Needleman-Wunsch algorithm with the following modified parameters:gapopen=8 gapextend=2. The rest of the parameters were unchanged fromthe default options described hereinabove.

2. Between a protein sequence and a nucleotide sequence (following thetBLAST™ filter):

GenCore 6.0 OneModel application utilizing the Frame+ algorithm with thefollowing parameters: model=frame+_p2n.model mode=qglobal-q=protein.sequence -db=nucleotide.sequence. The rest of the parametersare unchanged from the default options described hereinabove.

The query polypeptide sequences were SEQ ID NOs: 182-269 [which areencoded by the polynucleotides SEQ ID NOs:1-88 shown in Table 178 above]and the identified orthologous and homologous sequences having at least80% global sequence identity are provided in Table 179, below. Thesehomologous genes (e.g., orthologues) are expected to increase plantABST, yield, seed yield, oil yield, oil content, growth rate, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, rootcoverage, rosette area, plot coverage, biomass, vigor, WUE and/or NUE ofa plant.

TABLE 179 Homologues (e.g., orthologues) of the identifiedgenes/polypeptides for increasing abiotic stress tolerance, water useefficiency, yield, growth rate, vigor, oil content, biomass, growthrate, nitrogen use efficiency and fertilizer use efficiency of a plantHom. Hom. to P.N. to P.P. SEQ % SEQ Gene SEQ ID glob. ID NO: Namecluster name ID NO: NO: Ident. Algor. 298 LGA1 rye|12v1|DRR001012.3231543651 182 88.3 globlastp 299 LGA1 lolium|13v1|DT670466_P1 3652 182 87globlastp 300 LGA1 brachypodium|13v2|BRADI3G02190 3653 182 84.8globlastp 301 LGA1 brachypodium|14v1|XM_003573582_P1 3653 182 84.8globlastp 302 LGA1 sorghum|13v2|BE917942 3654 182 82.26 glotblastn 303LGA1 foxtail_millet|13v2|EC612864 3655 182 82.1 glotblastn 304 LGA1foxtail_millet|14v1|EC612864_T1 3655 182 82.1 glotblastn 305 LGA1switchgrass|12v1|FL689916 3656 182 82.1 globlastp 306 LGA1maize|13v2|AI629570_T1 3657 182 80.33 glotblastn 307 LGA2wheat|12v3|BE414179 3658 183 97.4 globlastp 308 LGA2rye|12v1|DRR001012.148240 3659 183 95.9 globlastp 309 LGA2oat|11v1|CN819657 3660 183 91.38 glotblastn 310 LGA2brachypodium|13v2|BRADI5G09300 3661 183 90.5 globlastp 311 LGA2brachypodium|14v1|DV475979_P1 3661 183 90.5 globlastp 312 LGA2millet|10v1|EVO454PM038345_P1 3662 183 88.6 globlastp 313 LGA2foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X172234 3663 183 88.4 globlastp 314 LGA2foxtail_millet|14v1|JK579185_P1 3663 183 88.4 globlastp 315 LGA2switchgrass|12v1|FE600798 3664 183 87.3 globlastp 316 LGA2switchgrass|12v1|FL746019 3665 183 87.3 globlastp 317 LGA2sugarcane|10v1|CA101792 3666 183 86.9 globlastp 318 LGA2sorghum|13v2|BG463884 3667 183 86.7 globlastp 319 LGA2echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X174301D1_P1 3668 183 86.2 globlastp 320 LGA2maize|13v2|AW267412_P1 3669 183 84.7 globlastp 321 LGA2rice|13v2|AA754266 3670 183 82.6 globlastp 322 LGA6cacao|13v1|CU504227_P1 3671 184 82.8 globlastp 323 LGA9heritiera|10v1|SRR005794S0002404_P1 3672 185 91.6 globlastp 324 LGA9cotton|11v1|BQ410590_P1 3673 185 91.2 globlastp 325 LGA9clementine|11v1|BE205694_P1 3674 185 90.9 globlastp 326 LGA9cotton|11v1|AI729046_P1 3675 185 90.9 globlastp 327 LGA9cotton|11v1|DT460610_P1 3675 185 90.9 globlastp 328 LGA9gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI729046_P1 3675 185 90.9 globlastp 329 LGA9grape|13v1|GSVIVT01027807001_P1 3676 185 90.9 globlastp 330 LGA9kiwi|gb166|FG426627_P1 3677 185 90.9 globlastp 331 LGA9orange|11v1|BE205694_P1 3674 185 90.9 globlastp 332 LGA9tea|10v1|DN976213 3678 185 90.9 globlastp 333 LGA9beech|11v1|SRR006293.23297_T1 3679 185 90.21 glotblastn 334 LGA9chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X103970D1_P1 3680 185 90.2 globlastp 335 LGA9cacao|13v1|CA794551_P1 3681 185 90.2 globlastp 336 LGA9chestnut|gb170|SRR006295S0016251 3680 185 90.2 globlastp 337 LGA9cotton|11v1|DW486688_P1 3682 185 90.2 globlastp 338 LGA9gossypium_raimondii|13v1|DQ402081_P1 3683 185 90.2 globlastp 339 LGA9kiwi|gb166|FG454272_P1 3684 185 90.2 globlastp 340 LGA9oak|10v1|DB996957_P1 3680 185 90.2 globlastp 341 LGA9papaya|gb165|EX266243_P1 3685 185 90.2 globlastp 342 LGA9sarracenia|11v1|SRR192669.101397 3686 185 89.51 glotblastn 343 LGA9eucalyptus|11v2|CT985594_P1 3687 185 89.5 globlastp 344 LGA9ginseng|13v1|JK985794_P1 3688 185 89.5 globlastp 345 LGA9tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X161078 3689 185 88.81 glotblastn 346 LGA9aquilegia|10v2|JGIAC006059_P1 3690 185 88.8 globlastp 347 LGA9cassava|09v1|CK647478_P1 3691 185 88.8 globlastp 348 LGA9ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.311590_P1 3692 185 88.8 globlastp 349 LGA9plantanus|11v1|SRR096786X113569_P1 3693 185 88.8 globlastp 350 LGA9primula|11v1|SRR098679X121300_P1 3694 185 88.8 globlastp 351 LGA9tabernaemontana|11v1|SRR098689X126417 3695 185 88.8 globlastp 352 LGA9blueberry|12v1|SRR353282X49566D1_P1 3696 185 88.4 globlastp 353 LGA9blueberry|12v1|SRR353282X49798D1_P1 3696 185 88.4 globlastp 354 LGA9platanus|11v1|SRR096786X131715_T1 3697 185 88.11 glotblastn 355 LGA9amsonia|11v1|SRR098688X102074_P1 3698 185 88.1 globlastp 356 LGA9olea|13v1|SRR014466X15986D1_P1 3699 185 88.1 globlastp 357 LGA9cassava|09v1|DV456382_P1 3700 185 87.8 globlastp 358 LGA9kiwi|gb166|FG403301_P1 3701 185 87.6 globlastp 359 LGA9euphorbia|11v1|DV138926XX2_P1 3702 185 87.4 globlastp 360 LGA9spurge|gb161|DV138926 3702 185 87.4 globlastp 361 LGA9poplar|13v1|AI161893_P1 3703 185 87 globlastp 362 LGA9acacia|10v1|FS584002_P1 3704 185 86.9 globlastp 363 LGA9nasturtium|11v1|GH165610_P1 3705 185 86.8 globlastp 364 LGA9blueberry|12v1|SRR353282X88853D1_T1 3706 185 86.71 glotblastn 365 LGA9cannabis|12v1|JK493672_P1 3707 185 86.7 globlastp 366 LGA9ipomoea_batatas|10v1|CB330087_P1 3708 185 86.7 globlastp 367 LGA9blueberry|12v1|SRR353283X29934D1_P1 3709 185 86.2 globlastp 368 LGA9amorphophallus|11v2|SRR089351X169832_P1 3710 185 86 globlastp 369 LGA9cannabis|12v1|JK497352_P1 3711 185 86 globlastp 370 LGA9grape|13v1|GSVIVT01028324001_P1 3712 185 86 globlastp 371 LGA9prunus_mume|13v1|AJ533276 3713 185 86 globlastp 372 LGA9prunus|10v1|AJ533276 3713 185 86 globlastp 373 LGA9ipomoea_batatas|10v1|EE875692_P1 3714 185 85.6 globlastp 374 LGA9monkeyflower|12v1|GO968079_P1 3715 185 85.6 globlastp 375 LGA9peanut|13v1|SRR042413X23566_P1 3716 185 85.5 globlastp 376 LGA9valeriana|11v1|SRR099039X20196 3717 185 85.5 globlastp 377 LGA9peanut|13v1|SRR042413X23566 — 185 85.5 globlastp 378 LGA9rose|12v1|SRR397984.107788 3718 185 85.3 globlastp 379 LGA9peanut|13v1|EH043558_P1 3719 185 84.8 globlastp 380 LGA9amborella|12v3|FD435822_T1 3720 185 84.62 glotblastn 381 LGA9amorphophallus|11v2|SRR089351X100781_T1 3721 185 84.62 glotblastn 382LGA9 catharanthus|11v1|EG554720_T1 3722 185 84.62 glotblastn 383 LGA9chickpea|13v2|SRR133519.99714_T1 3723 185 84.62 glotblastn 384 LGA9soybean|13v2|GLYMA06G03640 3724 185 84.62 glotblastn 385 LGA9strawberry|11v1|DV440449 3725 185 84.6 globlastp 386 LGA9cleome_gynandra|10v1|SRR015532S0003823_P1 3726 185 84.2 globlastp 387LGA9 amborella|12v3|SRR038644.123058_T1 3727 185 83.92 glotblastn 388LGA9 chickpea|13v2|GR407527_T1 3728 185 83.92 glotblastn 389 LGA9peanut|13v1|SRR042421X352010_T1 3729 185 83.92 glotblastn 390 LGA9banana|14v1|FF557535_P1 3730 185 83.9 globlastp 391 LGA9banana|12v1|FF557535 3730 185 83.9 globlastp 392 LGA9iceplant|gb164|BE033912_P1 3731 185 83.9 globlastp 393 LGA9cleome_spinosa|10v1|SRR015531S0000759_P1 3732 185 83.6 globlastp 394LGA9 catharanthus|11v1|SRR098691X104078_P1 3733 185 83.4 globlastp 395LGA9 triphysaria|13v1|EY127719 3734 185 83.4 globlastp 396 LGA9cannabis|12v1|SOLX00019810_T1 3735 185 83.22 glotblastn 397 LGA9ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.23761_T1 — 185 83.22 glotblastn 398 LGA9coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C221494_P1 3736 185 83.2 globlastp 399 LGA9chelidonium|11v1|SRR084752X103690_P1 3737 185 83.2 globlastp 400 LGA9clover|gb162|BB920045 3738 185 83.2 globlastp 401 LGA9eschscholzia|11v1|CD479696_P1 3739 185 83.2 globlastp 402 LGA9euonymus|11v1|SRR070039X261280_P1 3740 185 83.2 globlastp 403 LGA9nuphar|gb166|CK749359_P1 3741 185 83.2 globlastp 404 LGA9silene|11v1|GH291501 3742 185 83.2 globlastp 405 LGA9cyclamen|14v1|B14ROOTK19C157046_P1 3743 185 83.1 globlastp 406 LGA9pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X127598_P1 3744 185 83.1 globlastp 407 LGA9soybean|13v2|GLYMA10G32400T3 3745 185 83.1 globlastp 408 LGA9liquorice|gb171|FS262480_P1 3746 185 83 globlastp 409 LGA9nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|EB444981_P1 3747 185 82.9 globlastp 410 LGA9amsonia|11v1|SRR098688X134561_P1 3748 185 82.8 globlastp 411 LGA9ginseng|13v1|DV554591_P1 3749 185 82.8 globlastp 412 LGA9ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.113238_P1 3749 185 82.8 globlastp 413 LGA9ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.132740_P1 3749 185 82.8 globlastp 414 LGA9potato|10v1|BI406929_P1 3750 185 82.8 globlastp 415 LGA9sarracenia|11v1|SRR192669.101127 3751 185 82.8 globlastp 416 LGA9sarracenia|11v1|SRR192669.120144 3752 185 82.8 globlastp 417 LGA9solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHBG127977 3750 185 82.8 globlastp 418 LGA9coffea|10v1|DV665820_P1 3753 185 82.7 globlastp 419 LGA9oil_palm|11v1|EL691301_T1 3754 185 82.52 glotblastn 420 LGA9amorphophallus|11v2|SRR089351X105365_P1 3755 185 82.5 globlastp 421 LGA9euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X203567_P1 3756 185 82.5 globlastp 422 LGA9poppy|11v1|SRR030259.107097_P1 3757 185 82.5 globlastp 423 LGA9poppy|11v1|SRR030259.180373_P1 3758 185 82.5 globlastp 424 LGA9poppy|11v1|SRR096789.121313_P1 3757 185 82.5 globlastp 425 LGA9soybean|13v2|GLYMA20G35190T2 3759 185 82.4 globlastp 426 LGA9cowpea|12v1|FF387668_P1 3760 185 82.3 globlastp 427 LGA9medicago|13v1|AW690419_P1 3761 185 82.3 globlastp 428 LGA9euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X117717_P1 3762 185 82.2 globlastp 429 LGA9liquorice|gb171|FS250353_P1 3763 185 82.2 globlastp 430 LGA9lotus|09v1|BI419197_P1 3764 185 82.2 globlastp 431 LGA9pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X111113_P1 3765 185 82.2 globlastp 432 LGA9poplar|13v1|BU809147_P1 3766 185 82.2 globlastp 433 LGA9tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X102309 3767 185 82.2 globlastp 434 LGA9olea|13v1|SRR014463X23360D1_P1 3768 185 82.1 globlastp 435 LGA9tomato|13v1|BG127977 3769 185 82.1 globlastp 436 LGA9cannabis|12v1|EW701684_T1 3770 185 81.82 glotblastn 437 LGA9oak|10v1|FP051422_T1 3771 185 81.82 glotblastn 438 LGA9oil_palm|11v1|AF236068_T1 3772 185 81.82 glotblastn 439 LGA9trigonella|11v1|SRR066194X137024 3773 185 81.82 glotblastn 440 LGA9valeriana|11v1|SRR099039X235042 3774 185 81.82 glotblastn 441 LGA9aquilegia|10v2|JGIAC022563_P1 3775 185 81.8 globlastp 442 LGA9cowpea|12v1|FF385157_P1 3776 185 81.5 globlastp 443 LGA9cyamopsis|10v1|EG977119_P1 3777 185 81.5 globlastp 444 LGA9euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X417451_P1 3778 185 81.5 globlastp 445 LGA9oil_palm|11v1|EL687051XX1_P1 3779 185 81.4 globlastp 446 LGA9ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.151012_T1 3780 185 81.12 glotblastn 447 LGA9clover|14v1|BB920045_P1 3781 185 81 globlastp 448 LGA9clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C724761_P1 3782 185 81 globlastp 449 LGA9bean|13v1|CA908001_P1 3783 185 81 globlastp 450 LGA9bean|13v1|CA898594_P1 3784 185 80.8 globlastp 451 LGA9lupin|13v4|SRR520491.1046965_P1 3785 185 80.8 globlastp 452 LGA9trigonella|11v1|SRR066194X104521 3786 185 80.8 globlastp 453 LGA9coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1175578_T1 3787 185 80.42 glotblastn 454 LGA9nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|EB693358_T1 3788 185 80.42 glotblastn 455LGA9 oil_palm|11v1|EY397399_T1 3789 185 80.42 glotblastn 456 LGA9poppy|11v1|SRR096789.44671_T1 3790 185 80.14 glotblastn 457 LGA9clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C177886_P1 3791 185 80.1 globlastp 458 LGA9prunus_mume|13v1|BU045423 3792 185 80.1 globlastp 459 LGA9prunus|10v1|BU045423 3793 185 80.1 globlastp 460 LGA9tomato|13v1|BG124624 3794 185 80 globlastp 461 LGA17 rice|13v2|BX8984233795 186 94.6 globlastp 462 LGA17 brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G31580 3796186 92.8 globlastp 463 LGA17 brachypodium|14v1|DV470431_P1 3796 186 92.8globlastp 464 LGA17 barley|12v1|BG343162_P1 3797 186 91.9 globlastp 465LGA17 rye|12v1|DRR001012.104857 3798 186 91.59 glotblastn 466 LGA17coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1604185_P1 3799 186 85.5 globlastp 467 LGA17pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C146426_T1 3800 186 83.04 glotblastn 468 LGA17banana|14v1|MAGEN2012033041_P1 3801 186 82.1 globlastp 469 LGA17banana|12v1|MAGEN2012033041 3802 186 81.9 globlastp 470 LGB1gossypium_raimondii|13v1|DT468691_P1 3803 188 97.1 globlastp 471 LGB1cotton|11v1|CO105699_P1 3804 188 96.9 globlastp 472 LGB2millet|10v1|EVO454PM011614_P1 3805 189 99 globlastp 473 LGB2sugarcane|10v1|CA070526 3806 189 98.1 globlastp 474 LGB2echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X123301D1_P1 3807 189 97.7 globlastp 475 LGB2sorghum|13v2|AW284757 3808 189 97.7 globlastp 476 LGB2switchgrass|12v1|DN150738 3809 189 97.7 globlastp 477 LGB2wheat|12v3|CA484480 3808 189 97.7 globlastp 478 LGB2echinochloa|14v1|ECHC14V1K23C332763_P1 3810 189 97.4 globlastp 479 LGB2maize|13v2|AI622103_P1 3811 189 95.8 globlastp 480 LGB2rice|13v2|BI806930 3812 189 93.2 globlastp 481 LGB2brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G03297 3813 189 92.9 globlastp 482 LGB2brachypodium|14v1|GT763806_P1 3813 189 92.9 globlastp 483 LGB2wheat|12v3|BE470860 3814 189 92.9 globlastp 484 LGB2 wheat|12v3|BE5007023815 189 92.6 globlastp 485 LGB2 oat|14v1|GO591091_P1 3816 189 91.9globlastp 486 LGB2 oat|14v1|GR332934_P1 3817 189 91.6 globlastp 487 LGB2oat|14v1|SRR020741X441179D1_P1 3818 189 91.6 globlastp 488 LGB2lolium|13v1|ERR246395S15839_P1 3819 189 91.6 globlastp 489 LGB2oat|11v1|GR332934 3818 189 91.6 globlastp 490 LGB2oat|14v1|ASTE13V1K19C407913_P1 3820 189 91.3 globlastp 491 LGB2oat|14v1|GR326053_P1 3821 189 91.3 globlastp 492 LGB2fescue|13v1|DT680215_P1 3822 189 91.3 globlastp 493 LGB2oat|11v1|GO591091 3821 189 91.3 globlastp 494 LGB2pseudoroegneria|gb167|FF339965 3823 189 89.4 globlastp 495 LGB2switchgrass|12v1|GD021700 3824 189 86.77 glotblastn 496 LGB2castorbean|14v2|EG657378_P1 3825 189 85.8 globlastp 497 LGB2onion|14v1|CF440313_P1 3826 189 85.8 globlastp 498 LGB2castorbean|12v1|EG657378 3825 189 85.8 globlastp 499 LGB2onion|12v1|CF440313 3826 189 85.8 globlastp 500 LGB2switchgrass|12v1|FL786193 3824 189 85.8 glotblastn 501 LGB2onion|14v1|SRR073446X157415D1_P1 3827 189 85.5 globlastp 502 LGB2pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C2188440_P1 3828 189 85.5 globlastp 503 LGB2chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X104715D1_P1 3829 189 84.8 globlastp 504 LGB2chestnut|gb170|SRR006295S0071914 3829 189 84.8 globlastp 505 LGB2clementine|11v1|CO912652_P1 3830 189 84.5 globlastp 506 LGB2oak|10v1|DB996589_P1 3831 189 84.5 globlastp 507 LGB2avocado|10v1|CO998766_P1 3832 189 84.2 globlastp 508 LGB2blueberry|12v1|SRR353282X19444D1_P1 3833 189 84.2 globlastp 509 LGB2cucumber|09v1|AM723600_P1 3834 189 84.2 globlastp 510 LGB2melon|10v1|AM723600_P1 3835 189 84.2 globlastp 511 LGB2oil_palm|11v1|EL691664XX2_P1 3836 189 84.2 globlastp 512 LGB2cotton|11v1|AI727383_P1 3837 189 83.9 globlastp 513 LGB2cotton|11v1|AI730373_P1 3837 189 83.9 globlastp 514 LGB2gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI727383_P1 3837 189 83.9 globlastp 515 LGB2platanus|11v1|SRR096786X136014_T1 3838 189 83.55 glotblastn 516 LGB2b_oleracea|14v1|BQ791192_P1 3839 189 83.5 globlastp 517 LGB2b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01BQYV7_P1 3840 189 83.5 globlastp 518 LGB2b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01C2JOJ_P1 3841 189 83.5 globlastp 519 LGB2b_oleracea|gb161|DY028237 3842 189 83.5 globlastp 520 LGB2cacao|13v1|CU628214_P1 3843 189 83.5 globlastp 521 LGB2canola|11v1|EE451354_P1 3840 189 83.5 globlastp 522 LGB2canola|11v1|EE480343_P1 3841 189 83.5 globlastp 523 LGB2eschscholzia|11v1|SRR014116.111013_P1 3844 189 83.5 globlastp 524 LGB2soybean|13v2|GLYMA02G44090T3 3845 189 83.5 globlastp 525 LGB2chelidonium|11v1|SRR084752X106485_T1 3846 189 83.23 glotblastn 526 LGB2b_rapa|11v1|H07328_P1 3847 189 83.2 globlastp 527 LGB2cassava|09v1|DV447317_P1 3848 189 83.2 globlastp 528 LGB2cotton|11v1|CO081682_P1 3849 189 83.2 globlastp 529 LGB2echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V11466322_P1 3850 189 83.2 globlastp 530 LGB2eggplant|10v1|FS033305_P1 3851 189 83.2 globlastp 531 LGB2euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X219013_P1 3852 189 83.2 globlastp 532 LGB2radish|gb164|EW713768 3853 189 83.2 globlastp 533 LGB2radish|gb164|EX749849 3853 189 83.2 globlastp 534 LGB2radish|gb164|EX753440 3854 189 83.2 globlastp 535 LGB2sesame|12v1|SESI12V1409139 3855 189 83.2 globlastp 536 LGB2plantago|11v2|SRR066373X131265XX1_P1 3856 189 83 globlastp 537 LGB2banana|14v1|FL666977_P1 3857 189 82.9 globlastp 538 LGB2arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|AA394495_P1 3858 189 82.9 globlastp 539 LGB2euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X242284_T1 3859 189 82.9 glotblastn 540 LGB2fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063689X186569_P1 3860 189 82.9 globlastp 541 LGB2flaveria|11v1|SRR149242.105952_P1 3861 189 82.9 globlastp 542 LGB2humulus|11v1|SRR098683X107381_P1 3862 189 82.9 globlastp 543 LGB2kiwi|gb166|FG409288_P1 3863 189 82.9 globlastp 544 LGB2poplar|13v1|BU816550_P1 3864 189 82.9 globlastp 545 LGB2poppy|11v1|FG608985_P1 3865 189 82.9 globlastp 546 LGB2poppy|11v1|SRR096789.136039_T1 3866 189 82.9 glotblastn 547 LGB2radish|gb164|EV535186 3867 189 82.9 globlastp 548 LGB2tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X13108 3868 189 82.9 globlastp 549 LGB2watermelon|11v1|AM723600 3869 189 82.9 globlastp 550 LGB2bean|13v1|SRR001334X194966_P1 3870 189 82.6 globlastp 551 LGB2catharanthus|11v1|SRR098691X103212_P1 3871 189 82.6 globlastp 552 LGB2cleome_gynandra|10v1|SRR015532S0095562_P1 3872 189 82.6 globlastp 553LGB2 echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V11471030_P1 3873 189 82.6 globlastp 554 LGB2flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.169887_P1 3874 189 82.6 globlastp 555 LGB2ipomoea_nil|10v1|BJ565705_P1 3875 189 82.6 globlastp 556 LGB2prunus_mume|13v1|BU044801 3876 189 82.6 globlastp 557 LGB2soybean|13v2|GLYMA14G04780 3877 189 82.6 globlastp 558 LGB2tomato|13v1|BG626603 3878 189 82.6 globlastp 559 LGB2clover|14v1|BB906163_P1 3879 189 82.3 globlastp 560 LGB2arabidopsis|13v2|AT3G55360_P1 3880 189 82.3 globlastp 561 LGB2banana|12v1|FL666977 3881 189 82.3 globlastp 562 LGB2cleome_spinosa|10v1|GR934171_P1 3882 189 82.3 globlastp 563 LGB2eucalyptus|11v2|CU395611_P1 3883 189 82.3 globlastp 564 LGB2flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.207327_P1 3884 189 82.3 globlastp 565 LGB2flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.309367_P1 3885 189 82.3 globlastp 566 LGB2grape|13v1|GSVIVT01016549001_P1 3886 189 82.3 globlastp 567 LGB2medicago|13v1|AL374087_P1 3887 189 82.3 globlastp 568 LGB2parthenium|10v1|GW778082_P1 3888 189 82.3 globlastp 569 LGB2prunus|10v1|BU044801 3889 189 82.3 globlastp 570 LGB2quinoa|13v2|SRR315568X607781 3890 189 82.3 globlastp 571 LGB2sunflower|12v1|DY914176 3891 189 82.3 globlastp 572 LGB2thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|BY805356 3892 189 82.3 globlastp 573 LGB2beet|12v1|BI073163_P1 3893 189 82 globlastp 574 LGB2banana|14v1|FL665169_P1 3894 189 81.9 globlastp 575 LGB2cannabis|12v1|SOLX00002886_P1 3895 189 81.9 globlastp 576 LGB2cannabis|12v1|SOLX00020756_P1 3895 189 81.9 globlastp 577 LGB2cowpea|12v1|FF383909_P1 3896 189 81.9 globlastp 578 LGB2echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V1291491_P1 3897 189 81.9 globlastp 579 LGB2nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|DQ000300_P1 3898 189 81.9 globlastp 580 LGB2olea|13v1|SRR014464X17760D1_P1 3899 189 81.9 globlastp 581 LGB2poplar|13v1|BU834422_P1 3900 189 81.9 globlastp 582 LGB2primula|11v1|SRR098679X101259_P1 3901 189 81.9 globlastp 583 LGB2quinoa|13v2|SRR315570X476336 3902 189 81.9 globlastp 584 LGB2solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHBG626603 3903 189 81.9 globlastp 585 LGB2thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|BY805356 3904 189 81.9 globlastp 586 LGB2tobacco|gb162|DW001511 3905 189 81.9 globlastp 587 LGB2centaurea|11v1|EH726764_P1 3906 189 81.7 globlastp 588 LGB2trigonella|11v1|SRR066194X10361 3907 189 81.7 globlastp 589 LGB2tabernaemontana|11v1|SRR098689X10897XX1 3908 189 81.61 glotblastn 590LGB2 lotus|09v1|LLAV414544_P1 3909 189 81.6 globlastp 591 LGB2olea|13v1|SRR014464X39911D1_P1 3910 189 81.6 globlastp 592 LGB2spruce|11v1|ES256255 3911 189 81.6 globlastp 593 LGB2spruce|11v1|ES853090 3911 189 81.6 globlastp 594 LGB2spruce|11v1|EX333821 3911 189 81.6 globlastp 595 LGB2tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X117679 3912 189 81.6 globlastp 596 LGB2barley|12v1|BE438915_T1 3913 189 81.4 glotblastn 597 LGB2cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.1008569_P1 3914 189 81.4 globlastp 598 LGB2zostera|12v1|AM766030 3915 189 81.35 glotblastn 599 LGB2ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.102265_P1 3916 189 81.3 globlastp 600 LGB2eschscholzia|11v1|SRR014116.107656_P1 3917 189 81.3 globlastp 601 LGB2pine|10v2|AI919870_P1 3918 189 81.3 globlastp 602 LGB2ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.228079XX1_T1 3919 189 81.29 glotblastn 603 LGB2poppy|11v1|SRR030259.108104_T1 3920 189 81.29 glotblastn 604 LGB2banana|12v1|FL665169 3921 189 81 globlastp 605 LGB2maritime_pine|10v1|BX677365_P1 3922 189 81 globlastp 606 LGB2oak|10v1|FN711907_P1 3923 189 81 globlastp 607 LGB2petunia|gb171|CV293305_P1 3924 189 81 globlastp 608 LGB2pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X123540_P1 3925 189 81 globlastp 609 LGB2potato|10v1|BF053187_P1 3926 189 81 globlastp 610 LGB2rhizophora|10v1|SRR005792S0006315 3927 189 81 globlastp 611 LGB2sunflower|12v1|DY950520 3928 189 81 globlastp 612 LGB2abies|11v2|SRR098676X123645_T1 3929 189 80.97 glotblastn 613 LGB2clover|14v1|BB915821_P1 3930 189 80.7 globlastp 614 LGB2centaurea|11v1|EH747309_P1 3931 189 80.7 globlastp 615 LGB2cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.1005506_P1 3932 189 80.7 globlastp 616 LGB2cirsium|11v1|SRR349641.101468_P1 3933 189 80.7 globlastp 617 LGB2coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1489572_T1 3934 189 80.65 glotblastn 618 LGB2aquilegia|10v2|DR922280_P1 3935 189 80.6 globlastp 619 LGB2aristolochia|10v1|SRR039082S0203402_P1 3936 189 80.6 globlastp 620 LGB2cedrus|11v1|SRR065007X118000_P1 3937 189 80.6 globlastp 621 LGB2cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.110479_P1 3938 189 80.6 globlastp 622 LGB2coffea|10v1|DV684030_P1 3939 189 80.6 globlastp 623 LGB2poppy|11v1|SRR030259.112973_P1 3940 189 80.6 globlastp 624 LGB2poppy|11v1|SRR096789.116141_P1 3941 189 80.6 globlastp 625 LGB2pseudotsuga|10v1|SRR065119S0031565 3942 189 80.6 globlastp 626 LGB2rose|12v1|BQ105663 3943 189 80.6 globlastp 627 LGB2strawberry|11v1|DY668545 3944 189 80.6 globlastp 628 LGB2sunflower|12v1|BQ967072 3945 189 80.6 globlastp 629 LGB2valeriana|11v1|SRR099039X121531 3946 189 80.6 globlastp 630 LGB2vinca|11v1|SRR098690X103673 3947 189 80.6 globlastp 631 LGB2chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR525216X57552D1_P1 3948 189 80.4 globlastp 632 LGB2centaurea|11v1|EH735837_P1 3949 189 80.4 globlastp 633 LGB2centaurea|11v1|SRR346938.101084_P1 3950 189 80.4 globlastp 634 LGB2tragopogon|10v1|SRR020205S0003822 3951 189 80.39 glotblastn 635 LGB2thalictrum|11v1|SRR096787X143405 3952 189 80.32 glotblastn 636 LGB2amaranthus|13v1|SRR039411X126944D1_P1 3953 189 80.3 globlastp 637 LGB2arnica|11v1|SRR099034X105110_P1 3954 189 80.3 globlastp 638 LGB2arnica|11v1|SRR099034X110708_P1 3955 189 80.3 globlastp 639 LGB2chickpea|13v2|AJ515556_P1 3956 189 80.3 globlastp 640 LGB2ginseng|13v1|GR874665_P1 3957 189 80.3 globlastp 641 LGB2peanut|13v1|CD038149_P1 3958 189 80.3 globlastp 642 LGB2vinca|11v1|SRR098690X121851 3959 189 80.3 globlastp 643 LGB2centaurea|11v1|SRR346938.103317_P1 3960 189 80.1 globlastp 644 LGB2lupin|13v4|SRR520490.22558_P1 3961 189 80.1 globlastp 645 LGB2chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X100872D1_P1 3962 189 80 globlastp 646 LGB2bupleurum|11v1|SRR301254.100686_P1 3963 189 80 globlastp 647 LGB2cotton|11v1|CO112046_P1 3964 189 80 globlastp 648 LGB2distylium|11v1|SRR065077X144417_P1 3965 189 80 globlastp 649 LGB4echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X158282D1_T1 3966 190 86.27 glotblastn 650LGB4 sugarcane|10v1|CF571414 3967 190 82.9 globlastp 651 LGB4maize|13v2|AW399864_T1 3968 190 80.67 glotblastn 652 LGB4echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X263108D1_P1 3969 190 80.3 globlastp 653 LGB4sorghum|13v2|CD431363 3970 190 80.3 globlastp 654 LGB5sorghum|13v2|AW283408 3971 191 84.5 globlastp 654 MGP22sorghum|13v2|AW283408 3971 251 86.4 globlastp 655 LGB5switchgrass|12v1|SRR187766.583515 3972 191 82.9 globlastp 656 LGB7sorghum|13v2|BF655932 3973 192 90.7 globlastp 657 LGB7maize|13v2|AI621781_P1 3974 192 86.2 globlastp 658 LGB7foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X124181 3975 192 86 globlastp 659 LGB7foxtail_millet|14v1|JK567361_P1 3976 192 86 globlastp 660 LGB7wheat|12v3|CK209067 3977 192 81.9 globlastp 661 LGB7rye|12v1|DRR001012.103060 3978 192 81.8 globlastp 662 LGB7brachypodium|13v2|BRADI5G24267 3979 192 80.7 globlastp 663 LGB7brachypodium|14v1|GT760554_P1 3979 192 80.7 globlastp 664 LGB7brachypodium|13v2|BRADI3G31487 3980 192 80.5 globlastp 665 LGB7brachypodium|14v1|GT765915_P1 3980 192 80.5 globlastp 666 LGB8sorghum|13v2|BE919051 3981 193 88.8 globlastp 667 LGB8maize|13v2|AW054442_P1 3982 193 83.6 globlastp 668 LGB8switchgrass|12v1|SRR187766.111287 3983 193 82.9 globlastp 669 LGB9foxtail_millet|13v2|EC611984 3984 194 93.5 globlastp 670 LGB9foxtail_millet|14v1|EC611984_P1 3984 194 93.5 globlastp 671 LGB9sorghum|13v2|AW283387 3985 194 92.9 globlastp 672 LGB9maize|13v2|AI783379_P1 3986 194 92.7 globlastp 673 LGB9maize|13v2|AI920551_P1 3987 194 92.5 globlastp 674 LGB9switchgrass|12v1|DN152496 3988 194 91.4 globlastp 675 LGB9brachypodium|13v2|BRADI1G46610 3989 194 89.9 globlastp 676 LGB9brachypodium|14v1|GT803861_P1 3989 194 89.9 globlastp 677 LGB9rye|12v1|BF429299 3990 194 89.9 globlastp 678 LGB9 oat|14v1|GO593396_P13991 194 89.5 globlastp 679 LGB9 oat|14v1|GR355594_P1 3991 194 89.5globlastp 680 LGB9 millet|10v1|EVO454PM019518_P1 3992 194 89.1 globlastp681 LGB9 banana|14v1|MAGEN2012028869_P1 3993 194 86.7 globlastp 682 LGB9banana|12v1|MAGEN2012028869 3993 194 86.7 globlastp 683 LGB9banana|14v1|ES433243_P1 3994 194 86 globlastp 684 LGB9amorphophallus|11v2|SRR089351X561588_P1 3995 194 85.9 globlastp 685 LGB9coconut|14v1|KC140145_P1 3996 194 85.5 globlastp 686 LGB9coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1090001_P1 3997 194 85.2 globlastp 687 LGB9oil_palm|11v1|DW248456_P1 3998 194 85.2 globlastp 688 LGB9oil_palm|11v1|SRR190698.10356_P1 3999 194 84.8 globlastp 689 LGB9switchgrass|12v1|FE643490 4000 194 84.71 glotblastn 690 LGB9banana|12v1|ES433243 4001 194 84.7 globlastp 691 LGB9 rice|13v2|BE0400604002 194 84.6 globlastp 692 LGB9 onion|14v1|BQ580234_T1 4003 194 84.3glotblastn 693 LGB9 onion|14v1|CF442013_P1 4004 194 84.3 globlastp 694LGB9 onion|14v1|CF441228_P1 4005 194 84.1 globlastp 695 LGB9eucalyptus|11v2|AJ627672_P1 4006 194 84.1 globlastp 696 LGB9oat|11v1|GO593396 4007 194 83.9 globlastp 697 LGB9onion|14v1|CF434474_P1 4008 194 83.7 globlastp 698 LGB9rye|12v1|DRR001012.560312 4009 194 83.3 globlastp 699 LGB9pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1815537_P1 4010 194 82.8 globlastp 700 LGB9lolium|13v1|GR522531_P1 4011 194 82.6 globlastp 701 LGB9pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X112728_P1 4012 194 82.6 globlastp 702 LGB9foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X316455 4013 194 82.43 glotblastn 703 LGB9foxtail_millet|14v1|JK552124_T1 4013 194 82.43 glotblastn 704 LGB9aristolochia|10v1|FD748373_P1 4014 194 82.4 globlastp 705 LGB9barley|12v1|BG344276_P1 4015 194 82.4 globlastp 706 LGB9grape|13v1|GSVIVT01021425001_P1 4016 194 82.3 globlastp 707 LGB9triphysaria|13v1|DR169504 4017 194 82.15 glotblastn 708 LGB9soybean|13v2|GLYMA05G25970 4018 194 82 globlastp 709 LGB9wheat|12v3|CA745967 4019 194 82 globlastp 710 LGB9cowpea|12v1|FC458818_P1 4020 194 81.9 globlastp 711 LGB9watermelon|11v1|AM726352 4021 194 81.76 glotblastn 712 LGB9carrot|14v1|BSS10K19C106946_T1 4022 194 81.72 glotblastn 713 LGB9cucumber|09v1|DN596201_T1 4023 194 81.72 glotblastn 714 LGB9bean|13v1|CA900184_P1 4024 194 81.7 globlastp 715 LGB9jatropha|09v1|DQ987699_P1 4025 194 81.7 globlastp 716 LGB9poplar|13v1|BI130625_P1 4026 194 81.7 globlastp 717 LGB9soybean|13v2|GLYMA08G08910 4027 194 81.7 globlastp 718 LGB9lotus|09v1|BW597832_P1 4028 194 81.6 globlastp 719 LGB9nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|FG189814_P1 4029 194 81.6 globlastp 720 LGB9peanut|13v1|ES721205_P1 4030 194 81.6 globlastp 721 LGB9nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|AJ718354_P1 4031 194 81.5 globlastp 722 LGB9phyla|11v2|SRR099035X132186_T1 4032 194 81.47 glotblastn 723 LGB9chickpea|13v2|FE669898_P1 4033 194 81.4 globlastp 724 LGB9cleome_spinosa|10v1|GR934069_P1 4034 194 81.3 globlastp 725 LGB9clover|14v1|BB927530_T1 4035 194 81.22 glotblastn 726 LGB9clover|14v1|FY460795_P1 4036 194 81.2 globlastp 727 LGB9brachypodium|13v2|BRADI5G11060 4037 194 81.2 globlastp 728 LGB9brachypodium|14v1|GT790718_P1 4037 194 81.2 globlastp 729 LGB9euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X102874_P1 4038 194 81.2 globlastp 730 LGB9ginseng|13v1|HS079737_P1 4039 194 81.2 globlastp 731 LGB9medicago|13v1|AL378304_P1 4040 194 81.2 globlastp 732 LGB9sunflower|12v1|CD852009 4041 194 81.2 globlastp 733 LGB9tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X104124 4042 194 81.2 globlastp 734 LGB9oil_palm|11v1|SRR190698.106222_T1 4043 194 81.18 glotblastn 735 LGB9amaranthus|13v1|SRR039408X4252D1_P1 4044 194 81.1 globlastp 736 LGB9echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V11796538_P1 4045 194 81.1 globlastp 737 LGB9tobacco|gb162|AJ718354 4046 194 81.1 globlastp 738 LGB9platanus|11v1|SRR096786X139376_T1 4047 194 81.08 glotblastn 739 LGB9ginseng|13v1|SRR547984.106786_P1 4048 194 81 globlastp 740 LGB9ginseng|13v1|SRR547985.217352_P1 4049 194 81 globlastp 741 LGB9cotton|11v1|BF277590XX2_P1 4050 194 80.9 globlastp 742 LGB9echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V11309529_P1 4051 194 80.9 globlastp 743 LGB9lupin|13v4|SRR520491.1001124_P1 4052 194 80.9 globlastp 744 LGB9zostera|12v1|AM767290 4053 194 80.9 globlastp 745 LGB9poppy|11v1|FG608024_T1 4054 194 80.86 glotblastn 746 LGB9poppy|11v1|SRR030260.21554_T1 4055 194 80.86 glotblastn 747 LGB9ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.126641_P1 4056 194 80.8 globlastp 748 LGB9flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.216495_P1 4057 194 80.8 globlastp 749 LGB9ginseng|13v1|SRR547985.409495_P1 4058 194 80.8 globlastp 750 LGB9valeriana|11v1|SRR099039X113265 4059 194 80.77 glotblastn 751 LGB9trigonella|11v1|SRR066194X496040 4060 194 80.76 glotblastn 752 LGB9olea|13v1|SRR014463X11417D1_T1 4061 194 80.73 glotblastn 753 LGB9cotton|11v1|AI726385_P1 4062 194 80.7 globlastp 754 LGB9triphysaria|13v1|CB815353 4063 194 80.7 globlastp 755 LGB9cotton|11v1|AI730805_P1 4064 194 80.6 globlastp 756 LGB9prunus|10v1|BU041212 4065 194 80.6 globlastp 757 LGB9solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHAI491045 4066 194 80.6 globlastp 758 LGB9chrysanthemum|14v1|CCOR13V1K19C1351082_T1 4067 194 80.51 glotblastn 759LGB9 chestnut|gb170|SRR006295S0014978 4068 194 80.51 glotblastn 760 LGB9castorbean|14v2|T14995_P1 4069 194 80.5 globlastp 761 LGB9castorbean|12v1|T14995 4069 194 80.5 globlastp 762 LGB9flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.14736_P1 4070 194 80.5 globlastp 763 LGB9gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI726385_P1 4071 194 80.5 globlastp 764 LGB9spurge|gb161|BG409423 4072 194 80.5 globlastp 765 LGB9pine|10v2|AW064728_T1 4073 194 80.43 glotblastn 766 LGB9cassava|09v1|DB927366_P1 4074 194 80.4 globlastp 767 LGB9orange|11v1|CB290363_P1 4075 194 80.4 globlastp 768 LGB9sunflower|12v1|DY910493 4076 194 80.4 globlastp 769 LGB9triphysaria|13v1|SRR023500X103485 4077 194 80.4 globlastp 770 LGB9beech|11v1|SRR006293.20370_T1 4078 194 80.38 glotblastn 771 LGB9catharanthus|11v1|SRR098691X109498_T1 4079 194 80.38 glotblastn 772 LGB9cichorium|gb171|EH680465 4080 194 80.38 glotblastn 773 LGB9chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X242408D1_T1 4081 194 80.34 glotblastn 774LGB9 cichorium|14v1|DT213723_P1 4082 194 80.3 globlastp 775 LGB9artemisia|10v1|EY032970_P1 4083 194 80.3 globlastp 776 LGB9canola|11v1|ES954643_P1 4084 194 80.3 globlastp 777 LGB9cotton|11v1|CO094295_P1 4085 194 80.3 globlastp 778 LGB9gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI730805_P1 4086 194 80.3 globlastp 779 LGB9monkeyflower|12v1|DV207158_P1 4087 194 80.3 globlastp 780 LGB9solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHBG123801 4088 194 80.3 globlastp 781 LGB9echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V11375119_T1 4089 194 80.22 glotblastn 782 LGB9clementine|11v1|CB290363_P1 4090 194 80.2 globlastp 783 LGB9medicago|13v1|AW689388_P1 4091 194 80.2 globlastp 784 LGB9orobanche|10v1|SRR023189S0013409_P1 4092 194 80.2 globlastp 785 LGB9poplar|13v1|BI131706_P1 4093 194 80.2 globlastp 786 LGB9prunus_mume|13v1|BU041212 4094 194 80.2 globlastp 787 LGB9phalaenopsis|11v1|SRR125771.1002713_T1 4095 194 80.13 glotblastn 788LGB9 clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C306954_P1 4096 194 80.1 globlastp 789LGB9 ambrosia|11v1|SRR346943.115045_T1 4097 194 80.08 glotblastn 790LGB9 flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.445535_T1 4098 194 80.04 glotblastn 791LGB9 amaranthus|13v1|SRR039411X113602D1_T1 4099 194 80 glotblastn 792LGB9 chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X111923D1_P1 4100 194 80 globlastp 793 LGB9cichorium|14v1|EH680465_P1 4101 194 80 globlastp 794 LGB9parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C1021428_P1 4102 194 80 globlastp 795 LGB9parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C1056326_P1 4103 194 80 globlastp 796 LGB9parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C127022_P1 4103 194 80 globlastp 797 LGB9parsley|14v1|BSS13K19C372554_P1 4102 194 80 globlastp 798 LGB9cannabis|12v1|GR221287_P1 4104 194 80 globlastp 799 LGB9cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.150049_P1 4105 194 80 globlastp 800 LGB9eschscholzia|11v1|SRR014116.104441_T1 4106 194 80 glotblastn 801 LGB9euphorbia|11v1|DV155575_P1 4107 194 80 globlastp 802 LGB9melon|10v1|AM726352_P1 4108 194 80 globlastp 803 LGB9strawberry|11v1|EX660547 4109 194 80 globlastp 804 LGB9thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|BY819573 4110 194 80 globlastp 805 LGB9tomato|13v1|AI491045 4111 194 80 globlastp 806 LGB10brachypodium|13v2|BRADI3G54890 4112 195 81.9 globlastp 807 LGB10brachypodium|14v1|XM_003570290_P1 4112 195 81.9 globlastp 808 LGB10foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X135383 4113 195 81.5 globlastp 809 LGB10foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004954258_P1 4113 195 81.5 globlastp 810 LGB10switchgrass|12v1|FL689468 4114 195 80.4 globlastp 811 LGB10switchgrass|12v1|FL697680 4115 195 80.2 globlastp 812 LGB11rice|13v2|GFXAC082645X5 4116 196 97.6 globlastp 813 LGB11rice|13v2|AU031660 4117 196 97.1 globlastp 814 LGB11rye|12v1|DRR001012.108079 4118 196 94.4 globlastp 815 LGB11sorghum|13v2|AW285122 4119 196 93.9 globlastp 816 LGB11oat|14v1|GO588509_P1 4120 196 93.8 globlastp 817 LGB11foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X104286 4121 196 93.7 globlastp 818 LGB11foxtail_millet|14v1|JK588794_P1 4121 196 93.7 globlastp 819 LGB11millet|10v1|EVO454PM003323_P1 4122 196 93.4 globlastp 820 LGB11maize|13v2|AI920735_P1 4123 196 93.1 globlastp 821 LGB11maize|13v2|AI621993_P1 4124 196 92.9 globlastp 822 LGB11sorghum|13v2|AW282672 4125 196 92.6 globlastp 823 LGB11maize|13v2|AW181142_P1 4126 196 91 globlastp 824 LGB11barley|12v1|AV835355_P1 4127 196 90.8 globlastp 825 LGB11oat|14v1|GO589703_P1 4128 196 90.4 globlastp 826 LGB11brachypodium|13v2|BRADI1G78470 4129 196 89.9 globlastp 827 LGB11brachypodium|14v1|DV470451_P1 4129 196 89.9 globlastp 828 LGB11barley|12v1|AW982621_P1 4130 196 89.7 globlastp 829 LGB11rye|12v1|DRR001012.206919 4131 196 89.7 globlastp 830 LGB11wheat|12v3|BE414869 4132 196 89.6 globlastp 831 LGB11oat|14v1|SRR020741X122227D1_P1 4133 196 89.5 globlastp 832 LGB11oat|14v1|SRRG20741X277106D1_P1 4134 196 89.5 globlastp 833 LGB11rye|12v1|DRR001012.10347 4135 196 89.5 glotblastn 834 LGB11rye|12v1|DRR001012.113807 4136 196 89.42 glotblastn 835 LGB11oat|14v1|SRR020741X146372D1_P1 4137 196 89.4 globlastp 836 LGB11oat|14v1|SRR020741X265793D1_P1 4137 196 89.4 globlastp 837 LGB11brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G55640 4138 196 89.3 globlastp 838 LGB11brachypodium|14v1|GT797955_P1 4138 196 89.3 globlastp 839 LGB11foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X103429 4139 196 89 globlastp 840 LGB11foxtail_millet|14v1|JK589021_P1 4139 196 89 globlastp 841 LGB11rye|12v1|DRR001012.194472 4140 196 87.4 globlastp 842 LGB11oat|14v1|SRR020741X101742D1_P1 4141 196 87.3 globlastp 843 LGB11wheat|12v3|CA499195 4142 196 87.3 globlastp 844 LGB11rye|12v1|DRR001012.118220 4143 196 86.2 globlastp 845 LGB11oil_palm|11v1|ES370575_P1 4144 196 84.5 globlastp 846 LGB11pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C2376526_P1 4145 196 83.8 globlastp 847 LGB11pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1057750_P1 4146 196 83.7 globlastp 848 LGB11banana|12v1|MAGEN2012007197 4147 196 83.4 globlastp 849 LGB11coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C173735_P1 4148 196 83.3 globlastp 850 LGB11oil_palm|11v1|EY408029_P1 4149 196 83.3 globlastp 851 LGB11coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1059752_T1 4150 196 82.76 glotblastn 852 LGB11oil_palm|11v1|SRR190698.11738_P1 4151 196 82.7 globlastp 853 LGB11coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1162589_T1 4150 196 82.68 glotblastn 854 LGB11banana|14v1|MAGEN2012015554_P1 4152 196 82.6 globlastp 855 LGB11banana|12v1|MAGEN2012015554 4153 196 82.5 globlastp 856 LGB11amorphophallus|11v2|SRR089351X207130_P1 4154 196 82.3 globlastp 857LGB11 wheat|12v3|BG262442 4155 196 82 globlastp 858 LGB11banana|14v1|ES431444_P1 4156 196 81.9 globlastp 859 LGB11banana|14v1|MAGEN2012024231_P1 4157 196 81.9 globlastp 860 LGB11orange|11v1|CK937614_P1 4158 196 81.7 globlastp 861 LGB11banana|12v1|ES431444 4159 196 81.7 globlastp 862 LGB11clementine|11v1|CK937614_P1 4160 196 81.7 globlastp 863 LGB11banana|12v1|MAGEN2012024231 4161 196 81.5 globlastp 864 LGB11chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X118642D1_P1 4162 196 81.2 globlastp 865 LGB11onion|14v1|CF440084_P1 4163 196 81.1 globlastp 866 LGB11amborella|12v3|FD435628_P1 4164 196 81 globlastp 867 LGB11eucalyptus|11v2|CD668418_P1 4165 196 81 globlastp 868 LGB11poplar|13v1|BI068807_P1 4166 196 81 globlastp 869 LGB11poplar|13v1|CA825118_P1 4167 196 80.9 globlastp 870 LGB11prunus|10v1|CN861660 4168 196 80.8 globlastp 871 LGB11castorbean|14v2|EG660426_P1 4169 196 80.6 globlastp 872 LGB11chelidonium|11v1|SRR084752X101015_P1 4170 196 80.6 globlastp 873 LGB11castorbean|12v1|EG660426 4169 196 80.6 globlastp 874 LGB11grape|13v1|GSVIVT01009813001_P1 4171 196 80.5 globlastp 875 LGB11cassava|09v1|CK645826_P1 4172 196 80.4 globlastp 876 LGB11aristolochia|10v1|FD757029_P1 4173 196 80.3 globlastp 877 LGB11gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI725568_P1 4174 196 80.3 globlastp 878 LGB11cotton|11v1|AI728344_P1 4175 196 80.2 globlastp 879 LGB11gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI728344_P1 4176 196 80.2 globlastp 880 LGB11gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI726992_P1 4177 196 80.1 globlastp 881 LGB11euphorbia|11v1|DV125161_P1 4178 196 80.1 globlastp 882 LGB11cacao|13v1|CU477558_P1 4179 196 80 globlastp 883 LGB11ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.582933_T1 4180 196 80 glotblastn 884 LGB11cotton|11v1|AI725568_P1 4181 196 80 globlastp 885 LGB14maize|13v2|T12533_P1 4182 197 95 globlastp 886 LGB14switchgrass|12v1|DN144186 4183 197 94.1 globlastp 887 LGB14switchgrass|12v1|FE646331 4184 197 93.8 globlastp 888 LGB14foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X103342 4185 197 92.3 globlastp 889 LGB14foxtail_millet|14v1|JK552250_P1 4185 197 92.3 globlastp 890 LGB14rice|13v2|AI978328 4186 197 87.4 globlastp 891 LGB14 rice|13v2|BI8071494187 197 87.1 globlastp 892 LGB14 rye|12v1|DRR001012.181565 4188 19786.3 globlastp 893 LGB14 oat|11v1|GR313122XX2 4189 197 86.1 globlastp894 LGB14 wheat|12v3|BQ170811 4190 197 85.9 globlastp 895 LGB14brachypodium|13v2|BRADI1G30730 4191 197 85.6 globlastp 896 LGB14brachypodium|14v1|DV478682_P1 4191 197 85.6 globlastp 897 LGB14wheat|12v3|BE606581 4192 197 84.88 glotblastn 898 LGB14rye|12v1|DRR001012.537387 4193 197 82.41 glotblastn 899 LGB14foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X117115 4194 197 82.4 globlastp 900 LGB14foxtail_millet|14v1|JK556754_P1 4194 197 82.4 globlastp 901 LGB14maize|13v2|BG836547_P1 4195 197 82.4 globlastp 902 LGB14rye|12v1|DRR001012.110057 4196 197 82.19 glotblastn 903 LGB14brachypodium|13v2|BRADI3G06170T2 4197 197 82 globlastp 904 LGB14brachypodium|14v1|DV487859_P1 4197 197 82 globlastp 905 LGB14pseudoroegneria|gb167|FF341321 4198 197 81.9 globlastp 906 LGB14switchgrass|12v1|FL741463 4199 197 81.8 globlastp 907 LGB14barley|12v1|Y13191_P1 4200 197 81.7 globlastp 908 LGB14sugarcane|10v1|CA138251 4201 197 81.2 globlastp 909 LGB14sorghum|13v2|CD235161 4202 197 80.9 globlastp 910 LGB14switchgrass|12v1|FL720181 4203 197 80.9 globlastp 911 LGB14leymus|gb166|CD808797_P1 4204 197 80.7 globlastp 912 LGB14maize|13v2|AW787558_P1 4205 197 80.5 globlastp 913 LGB15switchgrass|12v1|FL787212 4206 198 90.7 globlastp 914 LGB15maize|13v2|BM348982_P1 4207 198 90 globlastp 915 LGB15maize|13v2|DR812863_P1 4208 198 89.1 globlastp 916 LGB15foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X119181 4209 198 88.4 globlastp 917 LGB15foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004981350_P1 4209 198 88.4 globlastp 918 LGB15sorghum|13v2|SB13V2CRP000542 4210 198 82.04 glotblastn 919 LGB15rice|13v2|BI813156 4211 198 80.9 globlastp 920 LGB16sugarcane|10v1|CA143410 4212 199 87.2 globlastp 921 LGB16maize|13v2|AW424866_P1 4213 199 86.2 globlastp 922 LGB16switchgrass|12v1|DN144149 4214 199 86.2 globlastp 923 LGB16foxtail_millet|14v1|GT091079_P1 4215 199 85.3 globlastp 924 LGB16foxtail_millet|13v2|GT091079 4215 199 85.3 globlastp 925 LGB16millet|10v1|CD725513_P1 4216 199 85.3 globlastp 926 LGB16echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X129750D1_P1 4217 199 84.4 globlastp 927 LGB16cynodon|10v1|ES304257_P1 4218 199 83.5 globlastp 928 LGB16echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X52150D1_P1 4219 199 82.6 globlastp 929 LGB16rice|13v2|BM420124 4220 199 82.6 globlastp 930 LGB16rye|12v1|DRR001014.139350 4221 199 81.65 glotblastn 931 LGB18wheat|12v3|BE402745 4222 200 99.23 glotblastn 932 LGB18rye|12v1|DRR001012.274755 4223 200 97.94 glotblastn 933 LGB18rye|12v1|BE587450 4224 200 96.91 glotblastn 934 LGB18rye|12v1|DRR001012.171784 4225 200 96.91 glotblastn 935 LGB18lolium|13v1|SRR029314X10932_T1 4226 200 96.65 glotblastn 936 LGB18oat|14v1|SRR020741X217379D1_T1 4227 200 96.39 glotblastn 937 LGB18lolium|13v1|AU249702_T1 4228 200 96.39 glotblastn 938 LGB18oat|14v1|G0589750_T1 4229 200 96.13 glotblastn 939 LGB18brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G03740 4230 200 95.36 glotblastn 940 LGB18brachypodium|14v1|DV469839_T1 4230 200 95.36 glotblastn 941 LGB18switchgrass|12v1|FL784116 4231 200 93.56 glotblastn 942 LGB18rice|13v2|BI806200 4232 200 93.04 glotblastn 943 LGB18leymus|gb166|EG391678_P1 4233 200 92.9 globlastp 944 LGB18foxtail_millet|13v2|EC612616 4234 200 92.78 glotblastn 945 LGB18foxtail_millet|14v1|EC612616_T1 4234 200 92.78 glotblastn 946 LGB18switchgrass|12v1|FE633182 4235 200 92.78 glotblastn 947 LGB18echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X138229D1_T1 4236 200 92.53 glotblastn 948LGB18 echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X143988D1_T1 4237 200 92.53 glotblastn949 LGB18 millet|10v1|EVO454PM003485_T1 4238 200 92.27 glotblastn 950LGB18 wheat|12v3|BQ170768 4239 200 92.2 globlastp 951 LGB18maize|13v2|AI855283_T1 4240 200 92.01 glotblastn 952 LGB18sugarcane|10v1|BQ533868 4241 200 92.01 glotblastn 953 LGB18sorghum|13v2|BE361478 4242 200 91.24 glotblastn 954 LGB18fescue|13v1|CK802529_P1 4243 200 87.8 globlastp 955 LGB18oat|11v1|GO589750 4244 200 85.57 glotblastn 956 LGB18oil_palm|11v1|ES273673XX1_T1 4245 200 85.57 glotblastn 957 LGB18pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1112775_T1 4246 200 84.79 glotblastn 958LGB18 wheat|12v3|BF484678 4247 200 84.2 globlastp 959 LGB18poppy|11v1|SRR096789.121829_T1 4248 200 84.02 glotblastn 960 LGB18phalaenopsis|11v1|CB034621_T1 4249 200 83.76 glotblastn 961 LGB18poppy|11v1|SRR030259.113972_T1 4250 200 83.76 glotblastn 962 LGB18banana|14v1|BBS3059T3_T1 4251 200 83.51 glotblastn 963 LGB18poppy|11v1|SRR030259.115042_T1 4252 200 83.51 glotblastn 964 LGB18rye|12v1|DRR001012.130219 4253 200 83.3 globlastp 965 LGB18eucalyptus|11v2|SRR001659X120087_T1 4254 200 83.25 glotblastn 966 LGB18banana|12v1|MAGEN2012013739 4255 200 82.99 glotblastn 967 LGB18amorphophallus|11v2|SRR089351X236705_T1 4256 200 82.47 glotblastn 968LGB18 lupin|13v4|FG091658_T1 4257 200 82.47 glotblastn 969 LGB18nasturtium|11v1|GH166241_T1 4258 200 82.47 glotblastn 970 LGB18poppy|11v1|SRR030261.41175_T1 4259 200 82.47 glotblastn 971 LGB18sesame|12v1|SESI12V1328242 4260 200 82.47 glotblastn 972 LGB18rye|12v1|DRR001012.105889 4261 200 82.3 globlastp 973 LGB18parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C1015325_T1 4262 200 82.22 glotblastn 974 LGB18grape|13v1|GSVIVT01010526001_T1 4263 200 82.22 glotblastn 975 LGB18beech|11v1|SRR364434.185866_P1 4264 200 82.2 globlastp 976 LGB18castorbean|12v1|EE255101 4265 200 81.44 glotblastn 977 LGB18euphorbia|11v1|DV125982_T1 4266 200 81.44 glotblastn 978 LGB18triphysaria|13v1|DR176160 4267 200 81.44 glotblastn 979 LGB18cassava|09v1|DB934222_T1 4268 200 81.19 glotblastn 980 LGB18chestnut|gb170|SRR006295S0003784 4269 200 81.19 glotblastn 981 LGB18gossypium_raimondii|13v1|DT468407_T1 4270 200 81.19 glotblastn 982 LGB18oak|10v1|FP071071_T1 4271 200 81.19 glotblastn 983 LGB18olea|13v1|SRR014463X15015D1_T1 4272 200 81.19 glotblastn 984 LGB18aquilegia|10v2|DT735193_T1 4273 200 80.93 glotblastn 985 LGB18cotton|11v1|CO106473_T1 4274 200 80.93 glotblastn 986 LGB18nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|BP746220_T1 4275 200 80.93 glotblastn 987LGB18 pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X138773_T1 4276 200 80.93 glotblastn 988LGB18 apple|11v1|CN895518_T1 4277 200 80.67 glotblastn 989 LGB18chickpea|13v2|GR916603_T1 4278 200 80.67 glotblastn 990 LGB18prunus_mume|13v1|DY636641 4279 200 80.67 glotblastn 991 LGB18solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHBG126515 4280 200 80.67 glotblastn 992 LGB18soybean|13v2|GLYMA02G10750 4281 200 80.67 glotblastn 993 LGB18soybean|13v2|GLYMA18G52070 4282 200 80.67 glotblastn 994 LGB18valeriana|11v1|SRR099039X100809 4283 200 80.51 glotblastn 995 LGB18clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C714775_T1 4284 200 80.41 glotblastn 996LGB18 ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.249688_T1 4285 200 80.41 glotblastn 997LGB18 monkeyflower|12v1|GR160342_T1 4286 200 80.41 glotblastn 998 LGB18strawberry|11v1|DY667480 4287 200 80.41 glotblastn 999 LGB18cichorium|14v1|DT211761_T1 4288 200 80.15 glotblastn 1000 LGB18cichorium|14v1|EH699349_T1 4289 200 80.15 glotblastn 1001 LGB18ginseng|13v1|HS077713_T1 4290 200 80.15 glotblastn 1002 LGB18lettuce|12v1|DW084046_T1 4291 200 80.15 glotblastn 1003 LGB18plantago|11v2|SRR066373X116132_T1 4292 200 80.15 glotblastn 1004 LGB18prunus|10v1|CN895518 4293 200 80.15 glotblastn 1005 LGD1oat|14v1|CN815949_P1 4294 202 92.1 globlastp 1006 LGD1fescue|13v1|GO788904_P1 4295 202 90.8 globlastp 1007 LGD1brachypodium|13v2|BRADI4G06087 — 202 90.59 glotblastn 1008 LGD1brachypodium|14v1|DV488306_P1 4296 202 89.3 globlastp 1009 LGD1rice|13v2|BI813454 4297 202 85 globlastp 1010 LGD1foxtail_millet|14v1|JK577293_P1 4298 202 83.4 globlastp 1011 LGD1switchgrass|12v1|FL886154 4299 202 83.3 globlastp 1012 LGD1foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X126182 4300 202 83.2 globlastp 1013 LGD1switchgrass|12v1|FL766263 4301 202 83.1 globlastp 1014 LGD1cenchrus|13v1|EB660711_P1 4302 202 82.3 globlastp 1015 LGD1sorghum|13v2|CD424217 4303 202 81.2 globlastp 1016 LGD1maize|13v2|AW076155_P1 4304 202 80.5 globlastp 1017 LGD2solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHAA824770 4305 203 98.9 globlastp 1018 LGD2potato|10v1|BE920326_P1 4306 203 98.6 globlastp 1019 LGD2eggplant|10v1|FS025010_P1 4307 203 94.5 globlastp 1020 LGD2tobacco|gb162|AB001546 4308 203 94.2 globlastp 1021 LGD2nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|BP745887_P1 4309 203 93.6 globlastp 1022 LGD2nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|BP744607_P1 4310 203 92.8 globlastp 1023 LGD2ipomoea_nil|10v1|BJ553567_P1 4311 203 91.2 globlastp 1024 LGD2hornbeam|12v1|SRR364455.104702_P1 4312 203 89.2 globlastp 1025 LGD2soybean|13v2|GLYMA11G08230 4313 203 88.1 globlastp 1026 LGD2grape|13v1|GSVIVT01018772001_P1 4314 203 87.6 globlastp 1027 LGD2phyla|11v2|SRR099035X100641_P1 4315 203 87.6 globlastp 1028 LGD2valeriana|11v1|SRR099039X217899 4316 203 87.36 glotblastn 1029 LGD2humulus|11v1|GD247906_P1 4317 203 87.1 globlastp 1030 LGD2cowpea|12v1|FF537272_P1 4318 203 87 globlastp 1031 LGD2olea|13v1|SRR014463X59791D1_P1 4319 203 87 globlastp 1032 LGD2pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X104401_P1 4320 203 87 globlastp 1033 LGD2amsonia|11v1|SRR098688X100716_P1 4321 203 86.8 globlastp 1034 LGD2walnuts|gb166|EL892058 4322 203 86.8 globlastp 1035 LGD2aristolochia|10v1|FD760753_P1 4323 203 86.7 globlastp 1036 LGD2bean|13v1|CB541466_P1 4324 203 86.7 globlastp 1037 LGD2orange|11v1|CB322080_P1 4325 203 86.7 globlastp 1038 LGD2pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X120442_P1 4326 203 86.7 globlastp 1039 LGD2solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHAW934361 4327 203 86.5 globlastp 1040 LGD2chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X50607D1_T1 4328 203 86.46 glotblastn 1041 LGD2cotton|11v1|CO071036_P1 4329 203 86.2 globlastp 1042 LGD2gossypium_raimondii|13v1|CA993070_P1 4330 203 86.2 globlastp 1043 LGD2peanut|13v1|CD037704_P1 4331 203 86.2 globlastp 1044 LGD2tomato|13v1|AW934361 4332 203 86.2 globlastp 1045 LGD2olea|13v1|SRR014464X16950D1_T1 4333 203 86.19 glotblastn 1046 LGD2tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X100526 4334 203 86.1 globlastp 1047 LGD2antirrhinum|gb166|AJ558891_P1 4335 203 86 globlastp 1048 LGD2monkeyflower|12v1|DV208740_P1 4336 203 86 globlastp 1049 LGD2tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X107175 4337 203 86 globlastp 1050 LGD2ginseng|13v1|JK987781_P1 4338 203 85.9 globlastp 1051 LGD2ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.584103_P1 4338 203 85.9 globlastp 1052 LGD2cassava|09v1|DV458283_P1 4339 203 85.6 globlastp 1053 LGD2cotton|11v1|CA993070_P1 4340 203 85.6 globlastp 1054 LGD2ginseng|13v1|SRR547984.108232_P1 4341 203 85.6 globlastp 1055 LGD2eucalyptus|11v2|CD669568_P1 4342 203 85.5 globlastp 1056 LGD2carrot|14v1|JG753691_P1 4343 203 85.4 globlastp 1057 LGD2carrot|14v1|JG761743_P1 4344 203 85.4 globlastp 1058 LGD2bean|13v1|CB280596_P1 4345 203 85.4 globlastp 1059 LGD2beech|11v1|AM062888_P1 4346 203 85.4 globlastp 1060 LGD2bupleurum|11v1|SRR301254.10467_P1 4347 203 85.4 globlastp 1061 LGD2coffea|10v1|CF588648_P1 4348 203 85.4 globlastp 1062 LGD2nasturtium|11v1|SRR032558.160646_T1 4349 203 85.4 glotblastn 1063 LGD2vinca|11v1|SRR098690X100483 4350 203 85.3 globlastp 1064 LGD2prunus|10v1|CN444847 4351 203 85.2 globlastp 1065 LGD2triphysaria|13v1|DR169927 4352 203 85.2 globlastp 1066 LGD2carrot|14v1|BSS10K19C13327_P1 4353 203 85.1 globlastp 1067 LGD2carrot|14v1|BSS10K29C1457_P1 4354 203 85.1 globlastp 1068 LGD2carrot|14v1|JG761597_P1 4355 203 85.1 globlastp 1069 LGD2cassava|09v1|DV449297_P1 4356 203 85.1 globlastp 1070 LGD2scabiosa|11v1|SRR063723X107345 4357 203 85 globlastp 1071 LGD2primula|11v1|SRR098679X100834_T1 4358 203 84.93 glotblastn 1072 LGD2blueberry|12v1|SRR353282X19423D1_P1 4359 203 84.9 globlastp 1073 LGD2prunus_mume|13v1|AJ825817 4360 203 84.9 globlastp 1074 LGD2carrot|14v1|BSS10K19C4040_P1 4361 203 84.8 globlastp 1075 LGD2carrot|14v1|JG765320_P1 4362 203 84.8 globlastp 1076 LGD2aquilegia|10v2|DR927797_P1 4363 203 84.8 globlastp 1077 LGD2eschscholzia|11v1|CK744019_P1 4364 203 84.8 globlastp 1078 LGD2soybean|13v2|GLYMA02G05350 4365 203 84.8 globlastp 1079 LGD2watermelon|11v1|AM741926 4366 203 84.8 globlastp 1080 LGD2cyclamen|14v1|B14ROOTK19C132272_P1 4367 203 84.7 globlastp 1081 LGD2pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1004165_P1 4367 203 84.7 globlastp 1082 LGD2chelidonium|11v1|SRR084752X100055_P1 4368 203 84.7 globlastp 1083 LGD2plantago|11v2|SRR066373X203509_P1 4369 203 84.7 globlastp 1084 LGD2melon|10v1|AM741926_P1 4370 203 84.6 globlastp 1085 LGD2parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C289667_P1 4371 203 84.5 globlastp 1086 LGD2soybean|13v2|GLYMA16G23710 4372 203 84.5 globlastp 1087 LGD2castorbean|14v2|XM_002533754_P1 4373 203 84.4 globlastp 1088 LGD2cucurbita|11v1|SRR091276X103338_T1 4374 203 84.38 glotblastn 1089 LGD2chickpea|13v2|SRR133517.119993_P1 4375 203 84.3 globlastp 1090 LGD2gossypium_raimondii|13v1|CA993884_P1 4376 203 84.3 globlastp 1091 LGD2scabiosa|11v1|SRR063723X101600 4377 203 84.3 globlastp 1092 LGD2chickpea|13v2|DY475083_P1 4378 203 84.1 globlastp 1093 LGD2chickpea|13v2|GW691637_P1 4378 203 84.1 globlastp 1094 LGD2chickpea|13v2|SRR133517.100229_P1 4378 203 84.1 globlastp 1095 LGD2lettuce|12v1|DW044783_P1 4379 203 84 globlastp 1096 LGD2arnica|11v1|SRR099034X101599_P1 4380 203 83.9 globlastp 1097 LGD2flax|11v1|GW864323XX1_P1 4381 203 83.9 globlastp 1098 LGD2cyclamen|14v1|AJ886097_P1 4382 203 83.7 globlastp 1099 LGD2cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.103971_P1 4383 203 83.7 globlastp 1100 LGD2lotus|09v1|CN825342_P1 4384 203 83.7 globlastp 1101 LGD2utricularia|11v1|SRR094438.100252 4385 203 83.7 globlastp 1102 LGD2arnica|11v1|SRR099034X101811_P1 4386 203 83.6 globlastp 1103 LGD2heritiera|10v1|SRR005795S0001233_P1 4387 203 83.6 globlastp 1104 LGD2chickpea|13v2|SRR133517.101062_T1 4388 203 83.52 glotblastn 1105 LGD2pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1689824_P1 4389 203 83.5 globlastp 1106 LGD2cacao|13v1|CU496808_P1 4390 203 83.5 globlastp 1107 LGD2poplar|13v1|BI068634_P1 4391 203 83.5 globlastp 1108 LGD2pea|11v1|PEAMNTFRC_P1 4392 203 83.4 globlastp 1109 LGD2amaranthus|13v1|SRR172675X348791D1_T1 4393 203 83.33 glotblastn 1110LGD2 nasturtium|11v1|SRR032558.168001_P1 4394 203 83.3 globlastp 1111LGD2 medicago|13v1|AW127593_P1 4395 203 83.2 globlastp 1112 LGD2poplar|13v1|BI068820_P1 4396 203 83.2 globlastp 1113 LGD2tragopogon|10v1|SRR020205S0005528 4397 203 83.2 globlastp 1114 LGD2echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V11199800_P1 4398 203 83 globlastp 1115 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.56980_P1 4399 203 83 globlastp 1116 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.100431_P1 4399 203 83 globlastp 1117 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.152081_P1 4400 203 83 globlastp 1118 LGD2primula|11v1|SRR098679X100355_T1 4401 203 82.92 glotblastn 1119 LGD2cichorium|14v1|EH682554_P1 4402 203 82.8 globlastp 1120 LGD2oil_palm|11v1|SRR190698.134977_P1 4403 203 82.8 globlastp 1121 LGD2sunflower|12v1|CD846663 4404 203 82.8 globlastp 1122 LGD2beet|12v1|AW063024_P1 4405 203 82.7 globlastp 1123 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.104573_P1 4406 203 82.7 globlastp 1124 LGD2ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.1000_P1 4407 203 82.6 globlastp 1125 LGD2ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.100462_P1 4408 203 82.6 globlastp 1126 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.110544_P1 4409 203 82.6 globlastp 1127 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.148542_P1 4409 203 82.6 globlastp 1128 LGD2peanut|13v1|CD037596_P1 4410 203 82.6 globlastp 1129 LGD2platanus|11v1|SRR096786X10099_P1 4411 203 82.6 globlastp 1130 LGD2sunflower|12v1|CF076517 4412 203 82.6 globlastp 1131 LGD2chrysanthemum|14v1|DK940352_P1 4413 203 82.5 globlastp 1132 LGD2cichorium|14v1|EL362434_P1 4414 203 82.5 globlastp 1133 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.105932_P1 4415 203 82.5 globlastp 1134 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.51064_P1 4416 203 82.5 globlastp 1135 LGD2cassava|09v1|DV442057_T1 4417 203 82.32 glotblastn 1136 LGD2centaurea|11v1|EH767420_P1 4418 203 82.3 globlastp 1137 LGD2cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.1001277_P1 4419 203 82.3 globlastp 1138 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.100165_P1 4420 203 82.3 globlastp 1139 LGD2sunflower|12v1|BU671956 4421 203 82.3 globlastp 1140 LGD2coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1149307_P1 4422 203 82.2 globlastp 1141 LGD2cleome_spinosa|10v1|SRR015531S0002387_P1 4423 203 82.2 globlastp 1142LGD2 flaveria|11v1|SRR149241.108770_T1 4424 203 82.19 glotblastn 1143LGD2 salvia|10v1|SRR014553S0002772 4425 203 82.19 glotblastn 1144 LGD2clover|14v1|BB903834_P1 4426 203 82.1 globlastp 1145 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.353036_T1 4427 203 82.02 glotblastn 1146 LGD2centaurea|11v1|EH725789_P1 4428 203 82 globlastp 1147 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.18990_P1 4429 203 82 globlastp 1148 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.23766XX2_P1 4430 203 82 globlastp 1149 LGD2fiaveria|11v1|SRR149232.135732_P1 4431 203 82 globlastp 1150 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.336022_P1 4432 203 82 globlastp 1151 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149238.175866_P1 4433 203 82 globlastp 1152 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149241.102804_P1 4434 203 82 globlastp 1153 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149241.120902_P1 4435 203 82 globlastp 1154 LGD2strawberry|11v1|CX661492 4436 203 82 globlastp 1155 LGD2tobacco|gb162|DV160073 4437 203 82 globlastp 1156 LGD2cotton|11v1|BQ401882_P1 4438 203 81.8 globlastp 1157 LGD2cotton|11v1|CO081230_P1 4438 203 81.8 globlastp 1158 LGD2gossypium_raimondii|13v1|BQ401882_P1 4438 203 81.8 globlastp 1159 LGD2thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|BI698466 4439 203 81.8 globlastp 1160 LGD2thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|BM985809 4439 203 81.8 globlastp 1161 LGD2amaranthus|13v1|SRR039408X1106D1_P1 4440 203 81.7 globlastp 1162 LGD2ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.194035_P1 4441 203 81.6 globlastp 1163 LGD2vicia|14v1|VFU14956_P1 4442 203 81.5 globlastp 1164 LGD2quinoa|13v2|GE746499 4443 203 81.5 globlastp 1165 LGD2fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063689X108342_P1 4444 203 81.2 globlastp 1166 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.103686_T1 4445 203 81.2 glotblastn 1167 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.105761_P1 4446 203 81.2 globlastp 1168 LGD2banana|14v1|DN239493_P1 4447 203 81.1 globlastp 1169 LGD2onion|14v1|CF445107_P1 4448 203 81.1 globlastp 1170 LGD2vinca|11v1|SRR098690X101317 4449 203 81.1 globlastp 1171 LGD2poppy|11v1|SRR030264.231182_P1 4450 203 81 globlastp 1172 LGD2chestnut|14v1|SRR006296X78520D1_T1 4451 203 80.94 glotblastn 1173 LGD2chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X101597D1_P1 4452 203 80.9 globlastp 1174LGD2 banana|14v1|DN238988_P1 4453 203 80.8 globlastp 1175 LGD2banana|12v1|DN238988 4453 203 80.8 globlastp 1176 LGD2banana|12v1|DN239493 4454 203 80.8 globlastp 1177 LGD2poppy|11v1|SRR030259.105413_P1 4455 203 80.8 globlastp 1178 LGD2oak|10v1|DN950070_P1 4456 203 80.7 globlastp 1179 LGD2radish|gb164|EV536591 4457 203 80.7 globlastp 1180 LGD2phyla|11v2|SRR099037X109445_T1 4458 203 80.66 glotblastn 1181 LGD2sunflower|12v1|CX944622 4459 203 80.65 glotblastn 1182 LGD2amaranthus|13v1|SRR039411X119681D1_P1 4460 203 80.6 globlastp 1183 LGD2castorbean|14v2|EG661873_P1 4461 203 80.5 globlastp 1184 LGD2b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01A7B5A_P1 4462 203 80.5 globlastp 1185 LGD2castorbean|12v1|EG661873 4461 203 80.5 globlastp 1186 LGD2poppy|11v1|SRR030259.105604_P1 4463 203 80.5 globlastp 1187 LGD2flaveria|11v1|SRR149241.108496_T1 4464 203 80.49 glotblastn 1188 LGD2pteridium|11v1|SRR043594X121427 4465 203 80.44 glotblastn 1189 LGD2artemisia|10v1|EY031786_P1 4466 203 80.4 globlastp 1190 LGD2banana|12v1|MAGEN2012011875 4467 203 80.4 globlastp 1191 LGD2sesame|12v1|SESI12V1405849 4468 203 80.4 globlastp 1192 LGD2arabidopsis|13v2|AT5G66190_P1 4469 203 80.3 globlastp 1193 LGD2radish|gb164|EV566182 4470 203 80.3 globlastp 1194 LGD2b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01A500M_T1 4471 203 80.27 glotblastn 1195 LGD2castorbean|12v1|XM_002533754 4472 203 80.27 glotblastn 1196 LGD2quinoa|13v2|GE746387 4473 203 80.27 glotblastn 1197 LGD2banana|14v1|JK543985_P1 4474 203 80.2 globlastp 1198 LGD2clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C196840_P1 4475 203 80.2 globlastp 1199 LGD2b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01AX65C_T1 4476 203 80.11 glotblastn 1200 LGD2beech|11v1|SRR006293.11516_T1 4477 203 80.11 glotblastn 1201 LGD2cacao|13v1|SRR531454.1005700_T1 4478 203 80.11 glotblastn 1202 LGD2b_rapa|11v1|BQ704225_T1 4479 203 80 glotblastn 1203 LGD2canola|11v1|DQ539647_T1 4480 203 80 glotblastn 1204 LGD3pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X108950_P1 4481 204 96.7 globlastp 1205 LGD3soybean|13v2|BU926798 4482 204 96.1 globlastp 1206 LGD3soybean|13v2|GLYMA10G38770 4483 204 95.4 globlastp 1207 LGD3lotus|09v1|AV779918_P1 4484 204 93 globlastp 1208 LGD3chickpea|13v2|SRR133517.134840_P1 4485 204 91.7 globlastp 1209 LGD3chickpea|13v2|FL512467_P1 4486 204 91.1 globlastp 1210 LGD3bean|13v1|SRR001334X64774_P1 4487 204 91 globlastp 1211 LGD3pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X111823_T1 4488 204 90.37 glotblastn 1212 LGD3medicago|13v1|BI271909_P1 4489 204 90.2 globlastp 1213 LGD3medicago|13v1|BE204729_P1 4490 204 90.1 globlastp 1214 LGD3soybean|13v2|GLYMA02G00510 4491 204 89.7 globlastp 1215 LGD3clementine|11v1|AU186251_P1 4492 204 88.6 globlastp 1216 LGD3orange|11v1|AU186251_P1 4493 204 88.6 globlastp 1217 LGD3cassava|09v1|JGICASSAVA35367VALIDM1_P1 4494 204 88.5 globlastp 1218 LGD3prunus_mume|13v1|DY653449 4495 204 88.1 globlastp 1219 LGD3cassava|09v1|DR084500_P1 4496 204 88 globlastp 1220 LGD3prunus|10v1|CN866241 4497 204 88 globlastp 1221 LGD3cotton|11v1|AI054532_P1 4498 204 87.9 globlastp 1222 LGD3grape|13v1|GSVIVT01018054001_P1 4499 204 87.9 globlastp 1223 LGD3soybean|13v2|GLYMA10G00527 4500 204 87.63 glotblastn 1224 LGD3castorbean|14v2|XM_002517014_P1 4501 204 87.6 globlastp 1225 LGD3castorbean|12v1|XM_002517014 4501 204 87.6 globlastp 1226 LGD3tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X111318 4502 204 87.6 globlastp 1227 LGD3cacao|13v1|CU488167_P1 4503 204 87.4 globlastp 1228 LGD3cucumber|09v1|AM720342_P1 4504 204 87.4 globlastp 1229 LGD3poplar|13v1|AI166030_P1 4505 204 87 globlastp 1230 LGD3beech|11v1|SRR006293.28801_T1 4506 204 86.81 glotblastn 1231 LGD3poplar|13v1|BI127913_P1 4507 204 86.8 globlastp 1232 LGD3clover|14v1|BB915624_P1 4508 204 86.5 globlastp 1233 LGD3sesame|12v1|SESI12V1404731 4509 204 86.5 globlastp 1234 LGD3clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C428695_P1 4510 204 86.4 globlastp 1235 LGD3gossypium_raimondii|13v1|BF269617_P1 4511 204 86.2 globlastp 1236 LGD3eucalyptus|11v2|SRR001659X130472_P1 4512 204 86.1 globlastp 1237 LGD3euphorbia|11v1|SRR098678X100005_P1 4513 204 86 globlastp 1238 LGD3strawberry|11v1|DY676103 4514 204 85.7 globlastp 1239 LGD3gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI054532_P1 4515 204 85.4 globlastp 1240 LGD3apple|11v1|CN868660_P1 4516 204 84.9 globlastp 1241 LGD3solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHAI490815 4517 204 84.51 glotblastn 1242 LGD3thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|BM985717 4518 204 84.4 globlastp 1243 LGD3apple|11v1|CN866241_P1 4519 204 84.3 globlastp 1244 LGD3nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|BP131190_P1 4520 204 84.2 globlastp 1245 LGD3parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C454645_P1 4521 204 84.1 globlastp 1246 LGD3tomato|13v1|AI490815 4522 204 84.1 globlastp 1247 LGD3carrot|14v1|BSS11K19C103871_P1 4523 204 84 globlastp 1248 LGD3parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C108996_P1 4524 204 84 globlastp 1249 LGD3trigonella|11v1|SRR066194X221809 4525 204 83.81 glotblastn 1250 LGD3parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C116574_P1 4526 204 83.7 globlastp 1251 LGD3arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|Z17976_P1 4527 204 83.4 globlastp 1252 LGD3cotton|11v1|BF269617_P1 4528 204 83.4 globlastp 1253 LGD3chestnut|14v1|SRR006296X10665D1_T1 4529 204 83.32 glotblastn 1254 LGD3b_rapa|11v1|CD822925_P1 4530 204 83.2 globlastp 1255 LGD3parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C1072602_T1 4531 204 82.9 glotblastn 1256 LGD3aquilegia|10v2|DR942297_P1 4532 204 82.8 globlastp 1257 LGD3arabidopsis|13v2|AT5G43810_P1 4533 204 82.4 globlastp 1258 LGD3poppy|11v1|SRR030259.139371_P1 4534 204 82.4 globlastp 1259 LGD3tabernaemontana|11v1|SRR098689X109015 4535 204 82.21 glotblastn 1260LGD3 parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C139668_P1 4536 204 82.2 globlastp 1261 LGD3watermelon|11v1|AM720342 4537 204 81.4 globlastp 1262 LGD3canola|11v1|EE545517_P1 4538 204 80.9 globlastp 1263 LGD3monkeyflower|12v1|DV208319_P1 4539 204 80.9 globlastp 1264 LGD3cannabis|12v1|SOLX00027072_T1 4540 204 80.84 glotblastn 1265 LGD3b_oleracea|14v1|EE517394_P1 4541 204 80.6 globlastp 1266 LGD6arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|T14139_P1 4542 205 98.7 globlastp 1267 LGD6thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|DN773553 4543 205 92.6 globlastp 1268 LGD6thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|DN773553 4544 205 92.3 globlastp 1269 LGD6b_oleracea|14v1|DY015235_P1 4545 205 92 globlastp 1270 LGD6b_rapa|11v1|DY015235_P1 4546 205 91.7 globlastp 1271 LGD6canola|11v1|EE447906_P1 4547 205 91.7 globlastp 1272 LGD6b_oleracea|14v1|CN736008_P1 4548 205 91.6 globlastp 1273 LGD6b_oleracea|gb161|AM387130 4549 205 91.6 globlastp 1274 LGD6canola|11v1|DY007243_P1 4549 205 91.6 globlastp 1275 LGD6b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01B953W_P1 4550 205 91.3 globlastp 1276 LGD6b_rapa|11v1|CB686156_P1 4551 205 91 globlastp 1277 LGD6canola|11v1|CN736008XX1_P1 4551 205 91 globlastp 1278 LGD6b_oleracea|gb161|DY015235 4552 205 90.7 globlastp 1279 LGD6radish|gb164|EV545762 4553 205 90.6 globlastp 1280 LGD6radish|gb164|EV548475 4554 205 90.6 globlastp 1281 LGD6canola|11v1|EV100004_P1 4555 205 89.6 globlastp 1282 LGD6canola|11v1|SRR019556.30411_T1 4556 205 88.63 glotblastn 1283 LGD6cleome_gynandra|10v1|SRR015532S0033862_P1 4557 205 87.6 globlastp 1284LGD6 clementine|11v1|BQ623267_P1 4558 205 84.7 globlastp 1284 LGD6orange|11v1|BQ623267_P1 4558 205 84.7 globlastp 1285 LGD6tabernaemontana|11v1|SRR098689X107583 4559 205 84.6 globlastp 1286 LGD6eucalyptus|11v2|SRR001659X104464_P1 4560 205 84.1 globlastp 1287 LGD6cacao|13v1|CF973656_P1 4561 205 83.6 globlastp 1288 LGD6catharanthus|11v1|EG555296_P1 4562 205 83.6 globlastp 1289 LGD6heritiera|10v1|SRR005795S0007654_P1 4563 205 83.6 globlastp 1290 LGD6spurge|gb161|DV121881 4564 205 83.6 globlastp 1291 LGD6castorbean|14v2|EE258567_P1 4565 205 83.3 globlastp 1292 LGD6pepper|14v1|GD112451_P1 4566 205 83.3 globlastp 1293 LGD6castorbean|12v1|EE258567 4565 205 83.3 globlastp 1294 LGD6cotton|11v1|BE055295_P1 4567 205 83.3 globlastp 1295 LGD6pepper|12v1|GD112451 4566 205 83.3 globlastp 1296 LGD6amsonia|11v1|SRR098688X107221_P1 4568 205 82.9 globlastp 1297 LGD6beech|11v1|FR612818_P1 4569 205 82.9 globlastp 1298 LGD6centaurea|11v1|EH752610_P1 4570 205 82.9 globlastp 1299 LGD6centaurea|11v1|EH764761_P1 4571 205 82.9 globlastp 1300 LGD6cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.1015656_P1 4572 205 82.9 globlastp 1301 LGD6sesame|12v1|JK084024 4573 205 82.9 globlastp 1302 LGD6amaranthus|13v1|SRR039408X1760D1_P1 4574 205 82.7 globlastp 1303 LGD6canola|11v1|EV071661_P1 4575 205 82.6 globlastp 1304 LGD6cassava|09v1|CK644971_P1 4576 205 82.6 globlastp 1305 LGD6centaurea|11v1|SRR346938.351159_P1 4577 205 82.6 globlastp 1306 LGD6cirsium|11v1|SRR349641.118840_P1 4578 205 82.6 globlastp 1307 LGD6cotton|11v1|BM357882XX2_P1 4579 205 82.6 globlastp 1308 LGD6ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.196751_P1 4580 205 82.6 globlastp 1309 LGD6gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI055541_P1 4579 205 82.6 globlastp 1310 LGD6prunus_mume|13v1|BU039592 4581 205 82.6 globlastp 1311 LGD6prunus_mume|13v1|BU044002 4582 205 82.6 globlastp 1312 LGD6strawberry|11v1|SRR034859S0010487 4583 205 82.6 globlastp 1313 LGD6valeriana|11v1|SRR099039X106504 4584 205 82.6 globlastp 1314 LGD6platanus|11v1|SRR096786X106942_P1 4585 205 82.4 globlastp 1315 LGD6carrot|14v1|JG758464_P1 4586 205 82.3 globlastp 1316 LGD6chrysanthemum|14v1|CCOR13V1K19C1529200_P1 4587 205 82.3 globlastp 1317LGD6 cirsium|11v1|SRS346952.10607_P1 4588 205 82.3 globlastp 1318 LGD6fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063689X11758_P1 4589 205 82.3 globlastp 1319 LGD6ipomoea_nil|10v1|BJ560869_P1 4590 205 82.3 globlastp 1320 LGD6oak|10v1|FN740472_P1 4591 205 82.3 globlastp 1321 LGD6quinoa|13v2|SRR315568X275516 4592 205 82.3 globlastp 1322 LGD6silene|11v1|GH294928 4593 205 82.3 globlastp 1323 LGD6vinca|11v1|SRR098690X135514 4594 205 82.3 globlastp 1324 LGD6watermelon|11v1|AM715048 4595 205 82.3 globlastp 1325 LGD6carrot|14v1|JG753068_P1 4596 205 81.9 globlastp 1326 LGD6chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X104531D1_P1 4597 205 81.9 globlastp 1327 LGD6ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.116866_P1 4598 205 81.9 globlastp 1328 LGD6artemisia|10v1|EY046329_P1 4599 205 81.9 globlastp 1329 LGD6cucurbita|11v1|SRR091276X111606_P1 4600 205 81.9 globlastp 1330 LGD6eggplant|10v1|FS003376_P1 4601 205 81.9 globlastp 1331 LGD6euphorbia|11v1|DV121881_P1 4602 205 81.9 globlastp 1332 LGD6quinoa|13v2|SRR315568X235652 4603 205 81.9 globlastp 1333 LGD6nasturtium|11v1|SRR032558.100047_P1 4604 205 81.7 globlastp 1334 LGD6vinca|11v1|SRR098690X104715 4605 205 81.7 globlastp 1335 LGD6chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X10323D1_P1 4606 205 81.6 globlastp 1336LGD6 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR525216X64511D1_P1 4607 205 81.6 globlastp1337 LGD6 parsley|14v1|BSS12K23C760585_P1 4608 205 81.6 globlastp 1338LGD6 chestnut|gb170|SRR006295S0008116 4609 205 81.6 globlastp 1339 LGD6melon|10v1|AM715048_P1 4610 205 81.6 globlastp 1340 LGD6nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|BP747854_P1 4611 205 81.6 globlastp 1341 LGD6oak|10v1|SRR006307S0001679_P1 4612 205 81.6 globlastp 1342 LGD6prunus|10v1|DY653470 4613 205 81.52 glotblastn 1343 LGD6primula|11v1|SRR098679X133113_P1 4614 205 81.4 globlastp 1344 LGD6chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X107720D1_P1 4615 205 81.3 globlastp 1345LGD6 cichorium|14v1|EH686559_P1 4616 205 81.3 globlastp 1346 LGD6onion|14v1|CF434726_P1 4617 205 81.3 globlastp 1347 LGD6onion|14v1|SRR073446X174514D1_P1 4618 205 81.3 globlastp 1348 LGD6pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1107366_P1 4619 205 81.3 globlastp 1349 LGD6cichorium|gb171|EH672374 4616 205 81.3 globlastp 1350 LGD6echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V11270407_P1 4620 205 81.3 globlastp 1351 LGD6flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.165194_P1 4621 205 81.3 globlastp 1352 LGD6nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|EB425021_P1 4622 205 81.3 globlastp 1353 LGD6nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|EH365315_P1 4623 205 81.3 globlastp 1354 LGD6onion|12v1|CF434726 4624 205 81.3 globlastp 1355 LGD6poplar|13v1|AI164027_P1 4625 205 81.3 globlastp 1356 LGD6poplar|13v1|BU878429_P1 4626 205 81.3 globlastp 1357 LGD6radish|gb164|EV543854 4627 205 81.3 globlastp 1358 LGD6tomato|13v1|BG132580 4628 205 81.3 globlastp 1359 LGD6triphysaria|13v1|SRR023500X14360 4629 205 81.3 globlastp 1360 LGD6flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.178418_T1 4630 205 81.27 glotblastn 1361 LGD6beet|12v1|BQ586246_P1 4631 205 81.1 globlastp 1362 LGD6flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.150395_P1 4632 205 80.9 globlastp 1363 LGD6flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.179842_P1 4633 205 80.9 globlastp 1364 LGD6flaveria|11v1|SRR149244.101566_P1 4634 205 80.9 globlastp 1365 LGD6oil_palm|11v1|SRR190698.155573_P1 4635 205 80.9 globlastp 1366 LGD6potato|10v1|BG095913_P1 4636 205 80.9 globlastp 1367 LGD6solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHBG132580 4637 205 80.9 globlastp 1368 LGD6triphysaria|13v1|EY135259 4638 205 80.9 globlastp 1369 LGD6grape|13v1|GSVIVT01027967001_P1 4639 205 80.8 globlastp 1370 LGD6prunus|10v1|BU039592 4640 205 80.8 globlastp 1371 LGD6cyclamen|14v1|B14ROOTK19C114497_P1 4641 205 80.7 globlastp 1372 LGD6coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1394037_P1 4642 205 80.6 globlastp 1373 LGD6onion|14v1|SRR573713X158546D1_P1 4643 205 80.6 globlastp 1374 LGD6ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.541098_P1 4644 205 80.6 globlastp 1375 LGD6ambrosia|11v1|SRR346943.222707_P1 4645 205 80.6 globlastp 1376 LGD6arnica|11v1|SRR099034X100739_P1 4646 205 80.6 globlastp 1377 LGD6tragopogon|10v1|SRR020205S0009357 4647 205 80.6 glotblastn 1378 LGD6vinca|11v1|SRR098690X13614 4648 205 80.6 glotblastn 1379 LGD6amorphophallus|11v2|SRR089351X109055_P1 4649 205 80.5 globlastp 1380LGD6 chelidonium|11v1|SRR084752X105652_P1 4650 205 80.5 globlastp 1381LGD6 fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063689X112848_P1 4651 205 80.3 globlastp 1382LGD6 flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.102521_P1 4652 205 80.3 globlastp 1383 LGD6phyla|11v2|SRR099037X306416_P1 4653 205 80.3 globlastp 1384 LGD6plantago|11v2|SRR066373X101578_P1 4654 205 80.3 globlastp 1385 LGD6sunflower|12v1|BQ910388 4655 205 80.3 globlastp 1386 LGD6sunflower|12v1|CF081794 4655 205 80.3 globlastp 1387 LGD6sunflower|12v1|CX944968 4656 205 80.3 globlastp 1388 LGD6monkeyflower|12v1|DV210491_T1 4657 205 80.27 glotblastn 1389 LGD6humulus|11v1|ES653329_P1 4658 205 80.1 globlastp 1390 LGD6cannabis|12v1|SOLX00008562_T1 4659 205 80.07 glotblastn 1391 LGD7thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|AK353351P1 4660 206 92 globlastp 1392 LGD7thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|AK353351P1 4661 206 89.1 globlastp 1393LGD7 arabidopsis|13v2|AT1G08550_P1 4662 206 87.7 globlastp 1394 LGD7arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|N37612_P1 4663 206 87.1 globlastp 1395 LGD8pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X100418_P1 4664 207 93 globlastp 1396 LGD8soybean|13v2|GLYMA07G11160 4665 207 92.3 globlastp 1397 LGD8soybean|13v2|GLYMA09G31070 4666 207 90.9 globlastp 1398 LGD8lotus|09v1|LLBI419193_P1 4667 207 83.6 globlastp 1399 LGD8chickpea|13v2|SRR133517.137538_P1 4668 207 81.7 globlastp 1400 LGD8trigonella|11v1|SRR066194X13354 4669 207 80.3 globlastp 1401 LGD9pigeonpea|11v1|GR466371_P1 4670 208 90.2 globlastp 1402 LGD9cowpea|12v1|FF382737_P1 4671 208 89 globlastp 1403 LGD9soybean|13v2|GLYMA01G26300 4672 208 88.4 globlastp 1404 LGD9soybean|13v2|GLYMA03G16510 4673 208 87.5 globlastp 1405 LGD9lotus|09v1|LLBG662173_P1 4674 208 85.4 globlastp 1406 LGD9cyamopsis|10v1|EG987749_P1 4675 208 84.8 globlastp 1407 LGD9acacia|10v1|FS592559_P1 4676 208 83.3 globlastp 1408 LGD9peanut|13v1|ES708101_P1 4677 208 82.9 globlastp 1409 LGD9trigonella|11v1|SRR066194X100112 4678 208 82.9 globlastp 1410 LGD9pea|11v1|AF396464_T1 4679 208 82.72 glotblastn 1411 LGD9clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C543920_P1 4680 208 82.4 globlastp 1412 LGD9medicago|13v1|AW686866_P1 4681 208 82.4 globlastp 1413 LGD9vicia|14v1|HX907657_P1 4682 208 81.8 globlastp 1414 LGD9chickpea|13v2|ES560403_P1 4683 208 81.8 globlastp 1415 LGD9chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X12169D1_T1 4684 208 81.48 glotblastn 1416 LGD9chestnut|gb170|SRR006295S0004245 4684 208 81.48 glotblastn 1417 LGD9prunus|10v1|BF717143 4685 208 80.86 glotblastn 1418 LGD9peanut|13v1|CX127946_P1 4686 208 80.4 globlastp 1419 LGD9oak|10v1|FN708607_T1 4687 208 80.25 glotblastn 1420 LGD9prunus_mume|13v1|BF717143 4688 208 80.25 glotblastn 1421 LGD9peanut|13v1|SRR042414X43901_T1 4689 208 80.12 glotblastn 1422 LGD9cacao|13v1|CU478218_P1 4690 208 80 globlastp 1423 LGD10pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X104440_P1 4691 209 86.5 globlastp 1424 LGD11cowpea|12v1|FF383805_P1 4692 210 91.8 globlastp 1425 LGD11soybean|13v2|GLYMA10G29890 4693 210 91.1 globlastp 1426 LGD11soybean|13v2|GLYMA20G37450 4694 210 85.3 globlastp 1427 LGD11pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X106095_P1 4695 210 84 globlastp 1428 LGD11lupin|13v4|CA411332_P1 4696 210 83.2 globlastp 1429 LGD11liquorice|gb171|FS249410_P1 4697 210 81.3 globlastp 1430 LGD11lupin|13v4|SRR520490.377461_P1 4698 210 81.2 globlastp 1431 LGD11cassava|09v1|DV444651_T1 4699 210 80.82 glotblastn 1432 LGD12b_oleracea|14v1|BOU13630_P1 4700 211 99.5 globlastp 1433 LGD12b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01A1VCL_P1 4701 211 99.3 globlastp 1434 LGD12b_rapa|11v1|BOU13630_P1 4701 211 99.3 globlastp 1435 LGD12canola|11v1|EE467553_P1 4702 211 99 globlastp 1436 LGD12b_oleracea|gb161|BOU13630 4703 211 98.3 globlastp 1437 LGD12b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01BADZS_P1 4704 211 96.6 globlastp 1438 LGD12b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01A08CZ_P1 4705 211 95.3 globlastp 1439 LGD12thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|EC599457 4706 211 94.8 globlastp 1440 LGD12thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|EC599457 4707 211 94.1 globlastp 1441LGD12 wheat|12v3|ERR125556X242496D1 4708 211 94.1 glotblastn 1442 LGD12b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01A5JIL_P1 4709 211 93.6 globlastp 1443 LGD12b_oleracea|14v1|BG544743_P1 4710 211 92.4 globlastp 1444 LGD12b_rapa|11v1|BG544743_P1 4711 211 92.4 globlastp 1445 LGD12canola|11v1|CN732288_P1 4712 211 92.4 globlastp 1446 LGD12canola|11v1|CN728759_P1 4713 211 92.1 globlastp 1447 LGD12radish|gb164|EV547050 4714 211 92.1 globlastp 1448 LGD12canola|11v1|ES899281_T1 4715 211 91.67 glotblastn 1449 LGD12canola|11v1|FG566657_T1 4716 211 91.67 glotblastn 1450 LGD12arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|Z33953_P1 4717 211 90.3 globlastp 1451 LGD12arabidopsis|13v2|AT5G46110_P1 4718 211 89.8 globlastp 1452 LGD12cleome_spinosa|10v1|SRR015531S0001442_P1 4719 211 82.7 globlastp 1453LGD12 cotton|11v1|BF279392_P1 4720 211 82.7 globlastp 1454 LGD12gossypium_raimondii|13v1|BF279392_P1 4720 211 82.7 globlastp 1455 LGD12cacao|13v1|CF973561_P1 4721 211 82.4 globlastp 1456 LGD12cassava|09v1|DV458094_P1 4722 211 82.4 globlastp 1457 LGD12castorbean|14v2|EG658329_P1 4723 211 82.3 globlastp 1458 LGD12castorbean|12v1|EG658329 4723 211 82.3 globlastp 1459 LGD12cotton|11v1|CO069957_P1 4724 211 81.9 globlastp 1460 LGD12cleome_spinosa|10v1|SRR015531S0001677_P1 4725 211 81.8 globlastp 1461LGD12 euphorbia|11v1|DV125198_P1 4726 211 81.8 globlastp 1462 LGD12gossypium_raimondii|13v1|BG440904_P1 4727 211 81.7 globlastp 1463 LGD12cassava|09v1|BM260318_P1 4728 211 81.6 globlastp 1464 LGD12chelidonium|11v1|SRR084752X104267XX1_P1 4729 211 81.6 globlastp 1465LGD12 strawberry|11v1|CX309723 4730 211 81.6 globlastp 1466 LGD12radish|gb164|EX746579 4731 211 81.57 glotblastn 1467 LGD12beech|11v1|SRR006293.11076_P1 4732 211 81.5 globlastp 1468 LGD12poplar|13v1|BI069510_P1 4733 211 81.5 globlastp 1469 LGD12poplar|13v1|BI073107_P1 4734 211 81.5 globlastp 1470 LGD12cotton|11v1|BG440904_P1 4735 211 81.4 globlastp 1471 LGD12ginseng|13v1|JK988005_P1 4736 211 81.2 globlastp 1472 LGD12euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X101744_P1 4737 211 81.1 globlastp 1473 LGD12spurge|gb161|DV123642 4738 211 80.8 globlastp 1474 LGD12oak|10v1|CU657900_P1 4739 211 80.6 globlastp 1475 LGD12euphorbia|11v1|DV123642_P1 4740 211 80.5 globlastp 1476 LGD12ginseng|13v1|SRR547984.112403_P1 4741 211 80.5 globlastp 1477 LGD12iceplant|gb164|BE036020_P1 4742 211 80.4 globlastp 1478 LGD12amsonia|11v1|SRR098688X102659_P1 4743 211 80.1 globlastp 1479 LGD12grape|13v1|GSVIVT01021114001_P1 4744 211 80 globlastp 1480 LGD14medicago|13v1|MT4_2013004779_P1 4745 212 91.6 globlastp 1481 LGD14medicago|13v1|AW574030_P1 4746 212 91.4 globlastp 1482 LGD14medicago|13v1|BF644444_P1 4747 212 91.2 globlastp 1483 LGD14medicago|13v1|EX527915_P1 4748 212 90.4 globlastp 1484 LGD14medicago|13v1|MT4_2013008160_P1 4749 212 87.9 globlastp 1485 LGD14medicago|13v1|BG646946_P1 4750 212 86.6 globlastp 1486 LGD14clover|14v1|ERR351508S19XK19C482422_P1 4751 212 85.4 globlastp 1487LGD14 clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C829798_P1 4752 212 85.1 globlastp1488 LGD14 soybean|13v2|GLYMA06G06930 4753 212 84.1 globlastp 1489 LGD14castorbean|14v2|XM_002519859_T1 4754 212 83.54 glotblastn 1490 LGD14castorbean|12v1|XM_002519859 4755 212 83.4 globlastp 1491 LGD14pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054581X442011_P1 4756 212 83.4 globlastp 1492 LGD14cotton|11v1|DT463070_P1 4757 212 82.8 globlastp 1493 LGD14gossypium_raimondii|13v1|DT463070_P1 4758 212 82.6 globlastp 1494 LGD14lettuce|12v1|DY984191_P1 4759 212 82.2 globlastp 1495 LGD14cacao|13v1|SRR850732.1028059_P1 4760 212 82 globlastp 1496 LGD14prunus|10v1|CO903008 4761 212 81.9 globlastp 1497 LGD14parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C1063148_P1 4762 212 81.5 globlastp 1498 LGD14medicago|13v1|EX531027_T1 4763 212 81.42 glotblastn 1499 LGD14cassava|09v1|JGICASSAVA11048M1_P1 4764 212 81.4 globlastp 1500 LGD14poplar|13v1|BU824343_P1 4765 212 81.4 globlastp 1501 LGD14poplar|13v1|XM_002309614_P1 4766 212 81.4 globlastp 1502 LGD14prunus_mume|13v1|PMBJFU12004665 4767 212 81.4 globlastp 1503 LGD14aquilegia|10v2|JGIAC026797_P1 4768 212 81.3 globlastp 1504 LGD14trigonella|11v1|SRR066194X338510 4769 212 81.29 glotblastn 1505 LGD14cucumber|09v1|BGI454G0138300_P1 4770 212 81.1 globlastp 1506 LGD14apple|11v1|MDP0000405003_P1 4771 212 80.8 globlastp 1507 LGD14bean|13v1|PHVUL009G090700_P1 4772 212 80.8 globlastp 1508 LGD14watermelon|11v1|BTM04562632021998 4773 212 80.7 globlastp 1509 LGD14chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X119247D1_P1 4774 212 80.6 globlastp 1510LGD14 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X127294D1_P1 4775 212 80.6 globlastp1511 LGD14 sunflower|12v1|BU016762 4776 212 80.4 globlastp 1512 LGD14prunus_mume|13v1|PMBJFU12004668 4777 212 80.1 globlastp 1513 LGD14monkeyflower|12v1|MGJGI016314_T1 4778 212 80.08 glotblastn 1514 LGD14nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|FG166740_P1 4779 212 80 globlastp 1515 LGD14prunus|10v1|PPA005113M 4780 212 80 globlastp 1516 LGD15clover|14v1|BB922999_P1 4781 213 94 globlastp 1517 LGD15clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C199724_P1 4782 213 93.7 globlastp 1518LGD15 clover|14v1|BB907928_P1 4783 213 93 globlastp 1519 LGD15clover|gb162|BB907928 4784 213 92.6 globlastp 1520 LGD15chickpea|13v2|SRR133517.101387_P1 4785 213 91.5 globlastp 1521 LGD15clover|14v1|FY461310_P1 4786 213 90.8 globlastp 1522 LGD15bean|13v1|CA896594_P1 4787 213 84.3 globlastp 1523 LGD15soybean|13v2|GLYMA02G36460 4788 213 84.3 globlastp 1524 LGD15lotus|09v1|BP028972_P1 4789 213 83.6 globlastp 1525 LGD15peanut|13v1|GO330186_P1 4790 213 83.6 globlastp 1526 LGD15peanut|13v1|GO330186 — 213 83.6 globlastp 1527 LGD15lupin|13v4|SRR520491.1117817_P1 4791 213 82.4 globlastp 1528 LGD15pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X104780_P1 4792 213 80.8 globlastp 1529 LGD16clover|14v1|ERR351507S29XK29C50393_P1 4793 214 86.3 globlastp 1530 LGD16clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C171202_P1 4794 214 80.2 globlastp 1531LGD17 clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C798198_P1 4795 215 87.4 globlastp1532 LGD17 clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C183734_P1 4796 215 86.2globlastp 1533 LGD17 clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C192138_P1 4797 21585.4 globlastp 1534 LGD17 soybean|13v2|GLYMA13G42500T2 4798 215 81.9globlastp 1535 LGD17 pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X101690_P1 4799 215 81globlastp 1536 LGD18 soybean|13v2|GLYMA08G20610 4800 216 96.8 globlastp1537 LGD18 bean|13v1|CA909055_P1 4801 216 91.7 globlastp 1538 LGD18pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X11199_P1 4802 216 91.7 globlastp 1539 LGD18lupin|13v4|FG094591_T1 4803 216 87.68 glotblastn 1540 LGD18chickpea|13v2|CK148903_P1 4804 216 86.6 globlastp 1541 LGD18medicago|13v1|CX541608_P1 4805 216 84.4 globlastp 1542 LGD18trigonella|11v1|SRR066194X253352 4806 216 84.07 glotblastn 1543 LGD18prunus_mume|13v1|CB819958 4807 216 82.3 globlastp 1544 LGD18cacao|13v1|CU484590_P1 4808 216 81.8 globlastp 1545 LGD18prunus|10v1|CB819958 4809 216 81.72 glotblastn 1546 LGD18castorbean|12v1|EE257428 4810 216 81 globlastp 1547 LGD18soybean|13v2|GLYMA15G02780 4811 216 80.9 globlastp 1548 LGD18castorbean|14v2|EE257428_P1 4812 216 80.8 globlastp 1549 LGD18poplar|13v1|BI130000_P1 4813 216 80.8 globlastp 1550 LGD19peanut|13v1|CD037541_P1 217 217 100 globlastp 1551 LGD19peanut|13v1|CX018034_P1 217 217 100 globlastp 1552 LGD19peanut|13v1|EH043638_P1 217 217 100 globlastp 1553 LGD19peanut|13v1|GO343046_P1 217 217 100 globlastp 1554 LGD19cowpea|12v1|FC456845_P1 217 217 100 globlastp 1555 LGD19peanut|13v1|CX018034 — 217 100 globlastp 1556 LGD19 peanut|13v1|EH043638— 217 100 globlastp 1557 LGD19 peanut|13v1|SRR042421X194032_T1 — 21798.44 glotblastn 1558 LGD19 clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C237632_P1 4814217 98.4 globlastp 1559 LGD19 clover|14v1|ERR351508S19XK19C466960_P14814 217 98.4 globlastp 1560 LGD19 peanut|13v1|SRR042421X110307_P1 4815217 98.4 globlastp 1561 LGD19 peanut|13v1|SRR042421X110307 — 217 98.4globlastp 1562 LGD19 vicia|14v1|FL503185_P1 4816 217 96.9 globlastp 1563LGD19 chickpea|13v2|SRR133517.19305_P1 4817 217 96.9 globlastp 1564LGD19 lupin|13v4|SRR520490.10776_P1 4818 217 96.9 globlastp 1565 LGD19medicago|13v1|AW698603_P1 4816 217 96.9 globlastp 1566 LGD19soybean|13v2|GLYMA07G00761 4819 217 96.9 globlastp 1567 LGD19bean|13v1|CA899342_P1 4820 217 96.9 globlastp 1568 LGD19chickpea|13v2|DY475173_P1 4817 217 96.9 globlastp 1569 LGD19cowpea|12v1|FG891394_P1 4821 217 95.3 globlastp 1570 LGD19lupin|13v4|CA410831_P1 4822 217 95.3 globlastp 1571 LGD19soybean|13v2|GLYMA20G11122 4823 217 95.3 globlastp 1572 LGD19cyamopsis|10v1|EG974920_T1 4824 217 93.75 glotblastn 1573 LGD19peanut|13v1|SRR057709X28772_T1 — 217 93.75 glotblastn 1574 LGD19lupin|13v4|FG090447_P1 4825 217 92.2 globlastp 1575 LGD19cacao|13v1|CU474438_P1 4826 217 90.6 globlastp 1576 LGD19melon|10v1|DV634392_P1 4827 217 90.6 globlastp 1577 LGD19triphysaria|13v1|SRR023500X124220 4828 217 90.6 globlastp 1578 LGD19triphysaria|13v1|SRR023500X132574 4828 217 90.6 globlastp 1579 LGD19triphysaria|13v1|SRR023500X13372 4828 217 90.6 globlastp 1580 LGD19triphysaria|13v1|DR171571 4828 217 90.6 globlastp 1581 LGD19monkeyflower|12v1|DV209526_P1 4829 217 90.6 globlastp 1582 LGD19phyla|11v2|SRR099038X76130_P1 4830 217 90.6 globlastp 1583 LGD19b_oleracea|14v1|DW998592_P1 4831 217 89.1 globlastp 1584 LGD19triphysaria|13v1|EX982507 4832 217 89.1 globlastp 1585 LGD19thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|BY814668 4831 217 89.1 globlastp 1586LGD19 soybean|13v2|GLYMA14G17863P1 4833 217 88.41 glotblastn 1587 LGD19b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01AL5MQ_P1 4834 217 87.5 globlastp 1588 LGD19blueberry|12v1|SRR353282X101719D1_P1 4835 217 87.5 globlastp 1589 LGD19blueberry|12v1|SRR353282X11210D1_P1 4835 217 87.5 globlastp 1590 LGD19blueberry|12v1|SRR353282X37151D1_P1 4835 217 87.5 globlastp 1591 LGD19cucumber|09v1|CO996177_P1 4836 217 87.5 globlastp 1592 LGD19papaya|gb165|EX252172_P1 4837 217 87.5 globlastp 1593 LGD19peanut|13v1|SRR042419X207174_T1 4838 217 87.5 glotblastn 1594 LGD19triphysaria|13v1|SRR023500X102562 4839 217 87.5 globlastp 1595 LGD19triphysaria|13v1|SRR023500X118601 4840 217 87.5 globlastp 1596 LGD19bruguiera|gb166|BP939355_P1 4841 217 87.5 globlastp 1597 LGD19basilicum|13v1|DY325883_P1 4842 217 87.5 globlastp 1598 LGD19onion|14v1|SRR073446X301055D1_T1 4843 217 85.94 glotblastn 1599 LGD19b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01AK3SF_T1 4844 217 85.94 glotblastn 1600 LGD19b_oleracea|14v1|CA991716_P1 4845 217 85.9 globlastp 1601 LGD19b_oleracea|14v1|CN731983_P1 4845 217 85.9 globlastp 1602 LGD19onion|14v1|ALLC13V1K19C774195_P1 4846 217 85.9 globlastp 1603 LGD19onion|14v1|BQ580005_P1 4847 217 85.9 globlastp 1604 LGD19onion|14v1|SRR073446X101146D1_P1 4847 217 85.9 globlastp 1605 LGD19onion|14v1|SRR073446X101370D1_P1 4847 217 85.9 globlastp 1606 LGD19onion|14v1|SRR073446X212927D1_P1 4847 217 85.9 globlastp 1607 LGD19parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C1039218_P1 4848 217 85.9 globlastp 1608 LGD19arabidopsis|13v2|AT1G15270_P1 4849 217 85.9 globlastp 1609 LGD19b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01C9FTC_P1 4845 217 85.9 globlastp 1610 LGD19cucurbita|11v1|SRR091277X110746_P1 4850 217 85.9 globlastp 1611 LGD19cucurbita|11v1|SRR091277X111404_P1 4850 217 85.9 globlastp 1612 LGD19cucurbita|11v1|SRR091277X125252_P1 4850 217 85.9 globlastp 1613 LGD19gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AW187456_P1 4851 217 85.9 globlastp 1614 LCD19momordica|10v1|SRR071315S0009253_P1 4852 217 85.9 globlastp 1615 LGD19onion|12v1|BQ580005 4847 217 85.9 globlastp 1616 LGD19onion|12v1|SRR073446X101146D1 4847 217 85.9 globlastp 1617 LGD19onion|12v1|SRR073446X110129D1 4847 217 85.9 globlastp 1618 LGD19onion|12v1|SRR073446X167044D1 4847 217 85.9 globlastp 1619 LGD19onion|12v1|SRR073446X208382D1 4847 217 85.9 globlastp 1620 LGD19platanus|11v1|SRR096786X122982_P1 4853 217 85.9 globlastp 1621 LGD19prunus_mume|13v1|BU042914 4854 217 85.9 globlastp 1622 LGD19thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|BY814668 4845 217 85.9 globlastp 1623 LGD19watermelon|11v1|BTM04705034172358 4855 217 85.9 globlastp 1624 LGD19arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|AA720043_P1 4849 217 85.9 globlastp 1625 LGD19radish|gb164|EV566491 4845 217 85.9 globlastp 1626 LGD19radish|gb164|FD968152 4845 217 85.9 globlastp 1627 LGD19sesame|12v1|BU668569 4856 217 85.9 globlastp 1628 LGD19radish|gb164|EV528224 4857 217 85.9 globlastp 1629 LGD19poplar|13v1|AI163654_P1 4858 217 85.9 globlastp 1630 LGD19chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X103362D1_P1 4859 217 85.9 globlastp 1631 LGD19carrot|14v1|BSS10K19C12663_P1 4860 217 84.4 globlastp 1632 LGD19carrot|14v1|BSS10K19C18308_P1 4860 217 84.4 globlastp 1633 LGD19carrot|14v1|BSS10K19C3530_P1 4860 217 84.4 globlastp 1634 LGD19carrot|14v1|BSS10K19C56421_P1 4860 217 84.4 globlastp 1635 LGD19carrot|14v1|BSS10K19C73540_P1 4860 217 84.4 globlastp 1636 LGD19carrot|14v1|BSS11K35C73270_P1 4860 217 84.4 globlastp 1637 LGD19carrot|14v1|BSS8K19C126995_P1 4860 217 84.4 globlastp 1638 LGD19carrot|14v1|JG766866_P1 4860 217 84.4 globlastp 1639 LGD19onion|14v1|SRR073446X110820D1_P1 4861 217 84.4 globlastp 1640 LGD19parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C378673_P1 4860 217 84.4 globlastp 1641 LGD19cucurbita|11v1|SRR091276X104877_P1 4862 217 84.4 globlastp 1642 LGD19ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.121957_P1 4863 217 84.4 globlastp 1643 LGD19monkeyflower|12v1|SRR037227.110601_P1 4864 217 84.4 globlastp 1644 LGD19nasturtium|11v1|GH162110_P1 4865 217 84.4 globlastp 1645 LGD19onion|12v1|SRR073446X110820D1 4861 217 84.4 globlastp 1646 LGD19ginseng|13v1|GR873071_P1 4863 217 84.4 globlastp 1647 LGD19basilicum|13v1|DY322210_P1 4866 217 84.4 globlastp 1648 LGD19onion|14v1|SRR073446X172704D1_T1 4867 217 84.38 glotblastn 1649 LGD19ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.282611_T1 4868 217 84.38 glotblastn 1650 LGD19ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.112191_T1 — 217 84.38 glotblastn 1651 LGD19onion|14v1|SRR073446X328558D1_T1 4869 217 82.81 glotblastn 1652 LGD19spurge|gb161|DV146098 4870 217 82.81 glotblastn 1653 LGD19banana|14v1|DN239162_P1 4871 217 82.8 globlastp 1654 LGD19castorbean|14v2|EE260650_P1 4872 217 82.8 globlastp 1655 LGD19cyclamen|14v1|B14ROOTK19C103714_P1 4873 217 82.8 globlastp 1656 LGD19echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X51844D1_P1 4874 217 82.8 globlastp 1657 LGD19onion|14v1|ALLC13V1K19C678218_P1 4875 217 82.8 globlastp 1658 LGD19pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1451528_P1 4873 217 82.8 globlastp 1659 LGD19cycas|gb166|CB089851_P1 4876 217 82.8 globlastp 1660 LGD19echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V12497682_P1 4877 217 82.8 globlastp 1661 LGD19eschscholzia|11v1|SRR014116.104612_P1 4878 217 82.8 globlastp 1662 LGD19eschscholzia|11v1|SRR014116.114999_P1 4879 217 82.8 globlastp 1663 LGD19ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.10373_P1 4880 217 82.8 globlastp 1664 LGD19ginseng|13v1|SRR547985.441654_P1 4880 217 82.8 globlastp 1665 LGD19oil_palm|11v1|EL691353_P1 4881 217 82.8 globlastp 1666 LGD19watermelon|11v1|CO996177 4882 217 82.8 globlastp 1667 LGD19walnuts|gb166|CV195464 4883 217 82.8 globlastp 1668 LGD19banana|12v1|DN239342 4884 217 82.8 globlastp 1669 LGD19lettuce|12v1|DW049157_P1 4885 217 82.8 globlastp 1670 LGD19tamarix|gb166|EG967706 4886 217 82.8 globlastp 1671 LGD19banana|12v1|DN239162 4871 217 82.8 globlastp 1672 LGD19olea|13v1|SRR014463X10998D1_P1 4887 217 82.8 globlastp 1673 LGD19lettuce|12v1|DW045542_P1 4885 217 82.8 globlastp 1674 LGD19coconut|14v1|JG390744_T1 4888 217 81.25 glotblastn 1675 LGD19humulus|11v1|CO653667_T1 4889 217 81.25 glotblastn 1676 LGD19onion|12v1|SRR073446X155731D1 4890 217 81.25 glotblastn 1677 LGD19onion|12v1|SRR073446X440569D1 4891 217 81.25 glotblastn 1678 LGD19sarracenia|11v1|SRR192669.157242 4892 217 81.25 glotblastn 1679 LGD19chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X101293D1_P1 4893 217 81.2 globlastp 1680LGD19 chichorium|14v1|EH698997_P1 4894 217 81.2 globlastp 1681 LGD19coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1291288_P1 4895 217 81.2 globlastp 1682 LGD19coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C685497_P1 4896 217 81.2 globlastp 1683 LGD19echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X135704D1_P1 4897 217 81.2 globlastp 1684LGD19 echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X176D1_P1 4897 217 81.2 globlastp 1685LGD19 foxtail_millet|14v1|JK564661_P1 4898 217 81.2 globlastp 1686 LGD19arabidopsis|13v2|AT3G16040_P1 4899 217 81.2 globlastp 1687 LGD19echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V11448437_P1 4900 217 81.2 globlastp 1688 LGD19euphorbia|11v1|DV146098_P1 4901 217 81.2 globlastp 1689 LGD19ginseng|13v1|GR873371_P1 4902 217 81.2 globlastp 1690 LGD19grape|13v1|GSVIVT01017091001_P1 4903 217 81.2 globlastp 1691 LGD19hevea|10v1|EC608031_P1 4904 217 81.2 globlastp 1692 LGD19maize|13v2|AI901386_P1 4898 217 81.2 globlastp 1693 LGD19olea|13v1|SRR014463X10408D1_P1 4905 217 81.2 globlastp 1694 LGD19olea|13v1|SRR014463X10553D1_P1 4905 217 81.2 globlastp 1695 LGD19olea|13v1|SRR014463X10772D1_P1 4905 217 81.2 globlastp 1696 LGD19olea|13v1|SRR014464X14768D1_P1 4906 217 81.2 globlastp 1697 LGD19olea|13v1|SRR592583X104042D1_P1 4906 217 81.2 globlastp 1698 LGD19maize|13v2|T18674_P1 4897 217 81.2 globlastp 1699 LGD19foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X100110 4898 217 81.2 globlastp 1700 LGD19lovegrass|gb167|EH186316_P1 4907 217 81.2 globlastp 1701 LGD19sorghum|13v2|BE364183 4898 217 81.2 globlastp 1702 LGD19switchgrass|12v1|FE622613 4908 217 81.2 globlastp 1703 LGD19switchgrass|12v1|FL710955 4909 217 81.2 globlastp 1704 LGD19zostera|12v1|AM766369 4910 217 81.2 globlastp 1705 LGD19spurge|gb161|DV119597 4911 217 81.2 globlastp 1706 LGD19cichorium|14v1|DT212035_P1 4894 217 81.2 globlastp 1707 LGD19banana|14v1|DN239342_P1 4912 217 81.2 globlastp 1708 LGD19pineapple|14v1|CO731246_P1 4913 217 81.2 globlastp 1709 LGD19cichorium|14v1|FL679916_P1 4894 217 81.2 globlastp 1710 LGD20soybean|13v2|GLYMA18G01580 4914 218 99.8 globlastp 1711 LGD20bean|13v1|CA898352_P1 4915 218 97 globlastp 1712 LGD20peanut|13v1|EE126045_P1 4916 218 96.1 globlastp 1713 LGD20peanut|13v1|GO330342_T1 4917 218 95.7 glotblastn 1714 LGD20clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C166176_P1 4918 218 94.8 globlastp 1715LGD20 clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C769668_P1 4918 218 94.8 globlastp1716 LGD20 clover|14v1|ERR351507S29XK29C114203_P1 4918 218 94.8globlastp 1717 LGD20 lupin|13v4|SRR520491.1026651_P1 4919 218 94.6globlastp 1718 LGD20 tomato|13v1|BG129608 4920 218 94.2 globlastp 1719LGD20 medicago|13v1|AW256519_P1 4921 218 93.8 globlastp 1720 LGD20lupin|13v4|FG093478_P1 4922 218 93.6 globlastp 1721 LGD20cacao|13v1|CA796831_P1 4923 218 93.3 globlastp 1722 LGD20pepper|14v1|BM061690_P1 4924 218 93.1 globlastp 1723 LGD20gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI054652_P1 4925 218 93.1 globlastp 1724 LGD20chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X100414D1_P1 4926 218 92.9 globlastp 1725 LGD20grape|13v1|GSVIVT01020856001_P1 4927 218 92.9 globlastp 1726 LGD20castorbean|14v2|T15265_P1 4928 218 92.7 globlastp 1727 LGD20ginseng|13v1|JK985176_P1 4929 218 92.7 globlastp 1728 LGD20basilicum|13v1|DY340253_P1 4930 218 92.5 globlastp 1729 LGD20ginseng|13v1|CN846371_P1 4931 218 92.5 globlastp 1730 LGD20ginseng|13v1|ES673143_P1 4932 218 92.5 globlastp 1731 LGD20liriodendron|gb166|CK755344_P1 4933 218 92.5 globlastp 1732 LGD20gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI725994_P1 4934 218 92.5 globlastp 1733 LGD20gossypium_raimondii|13v1|DT557120_P1 4935 218 92.3 globlastp 1734 LGD20coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1293463_P1 4936 218 92.1 globlastp 1735 LGD20lupin|13v4|SRR520490.65646_P1 4937 218 92.1 globlastp 1736 LGD20carrot|14v1|BSS10K19C121718_P1 4938 218 91.8 globlastp 1737 LGD20pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1635019_P1 4939 218 91.8 globlastp 1738 LGD20pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K40C113933_P1 4939 218 91.8 globlastp 1739 LGD20centaurea|11v1|EH715275_P1 4940 218 91.8 globlastp 1740 LGD20centaurea|11v1|EH755528_P1 4940 218 91.8 globlastp 1741 LGD20parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C1057878_P1 4941 218 91.6 globlastp 1742 LGD20sorghum|13v2|AW282750 4942 218 91.6 globlastp 1743 LGD20foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X105913 4943 218 91.6 globlastp 1744 LGD20foxtail_millet|14v1|JK553283_P1 4943 218 91.6 globlastp 1745 LGD20triphysaria|13v1|BM357149 4944 218 91.6 globlastp 1746 LGD20coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K23C319676_P1 4945 218 91.4 globlastp 1747 LGD20triphysaria|13v1|EX988460 4946 218 91.4 glotblastn 1748 LGD20safflower|gb162|EL375744 4947 218 91.4 globlastp 1749 LGD20amaranthus|13v1|SRR039408X10628D1_P1 4948 218 91.2 globlastp 1750 LGD20rice|13v2|AA753506 4949 218 91.2 globlastp 1751 LGD20cichorium|14v1|EL364327_P1 4950 218 91 globlastp 1752 LGD20echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X128078D1_P1 4951 218 91 globlastp 1753 LGD20echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X1456D1_P1 4952 218 91 globlastp 1754 LGD20echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X161593D1_P1 4952 218 91 globlastp 1755 LGD20cenchrus|13v1|EB653919_P1 4953 218 91 globlastp 1756 LGD20foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X10524 4954 218 91 globlastp 1757 LGD20foxtail_millet|14v1|JK565335_P1 4954 218 91 globlastp 1758 LGD20cichorium|14v1|CII14V1K19C156791_P1 4955 218 90.8 globlastp 1759 LGD20b_oleracea|14v1|DY006806_P1 4956 218 90.7 globlastp 1760 LGD20brachypodium|13v2|BRADI3G33860 4957 218 90.7 globlastp 1761 LGD20brachypodium|14v1|DV484754_P1 4957 218 90.7 globlastp 1762 LGD20maize|13v2|AA979999_P1 4958 218 90.7 globlastp 1763 LGD20thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|DN774318 4959 218 90.7 globlastp 1764 LGD20sorghum|13v2|AI724638 4960 218 90.7 globlastp 1765 LGD20thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|DN774318 4959 218 90.7 globlastp 1766LGD20 radish|gb164|EW731499 4961 218 90.5 globlastp 1767 LGD20b_oleracea|14v1|CN735656_P1 4962 218 90.3 globlastp 1768 LGD20banana|14v1|BBS440T3_P1 4963 218 90.3 globlastp 1769 LGD20arabidopsis|13v2|AT1G24510_P1 4964 218 90.3 globlastp 1770 LGD20b_oleracea|14v1|EE518468_P1 4965 218 90.1 globlastp 1771 LGD20cichorium|14v1|EH673881_P1 4966 218 90.1 globlastp 1772 LGD20maize|13v2|AI932058_P1 4967 218 90.1 globlastp 1773 LGD20cichorium|14v1|CII14V1K19S003069_P1 4966 218 90.1 globlastp 1774 LGD20chrysanthemum|14v1|CCOR13V1K19C1518012_P1 4968 218 89.9 globlastp 1775LGD20 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR525216X66257D1_P1 4968 218 89.9 globlastp1776 LGD20 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR797216S19XK19C110181_P1 4969 218 89.7globlastp 1777 LGD20 echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V12186867_P1 4970 218 89.6globlastp 1778 LGD20 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X105177D1_P1 4971 21889.5 globlastp 1779 LGD20 brachypodium|13v2|BRADI1G37790 4972 218 89.5globlastp 1780 LGD20 brachypodium|14v1|DV475418_P1 4972 218 89.5globlastp 1781 LGD20 banana|14v1|FF558852_P1 4973 218 89.3 globlastp1782 LGD20 echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V1451162_P1 4974 218 89.3 globlastp1783 LGD20 quinoa|13v2|SRR315568X493052 4975 218 89.3 globlastp 1784LGD20 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR525216X19569D1_P1 4976 218 89.2 globlastp1785 LGD20 onion|14v1|SRR073446X106322D1_P1 4977 218 89.2 globlastp 1786LGD20 onion|14v1|SRR073446X113582D1_P1 4978 218 89.2 globlastp 1787LGD20 fescue|13v1|CK801053_P1 4979 218 89.2 globlastp 1788 LGD20cichorium|14v1|EH703370_P1 4980 218 88.6 globlastp 1789 LGD20oat|14v1|CN815217_P1 4981 218 88.6 globlastp 1790 LGD20vicia|14v1|HX905681_P1 4982 218 88.6 globlastp 1791 LGD20fescue|13v1|DT686392_P1 4983 218 88.6 globlastp 1792 LGD20lolium|13v1|DT669600_P1 4983 218 88.6 globlastp 1793 LGD20quinoa|13v2|SRR315568X11981 4984 218 88.6 globlastp 1794 LGD20onion|14v1|SRR073446X237373D1_T1 4985 218 88.41 glotblastn 1795 LGD20centaurea|11v1|EH743369_T1 4986 218 88.41 glotblastn 1796 LGD20onion|14v1|SRR073446X113522D1_P1 4987 218 88.4 globlastp 1797 LGD20onion|14v1|SRR073446X133866D1_P1 4988 218 88.4 globlastp 1798 LGD20oat|14v1|GR334940_T1 4989 218 88.22 glotblastn 1799 LGD20onion|14v1|SRR073446X462890D1_P1 4990 218 88.2 globlastp 1800 LGD20oat|14v1|CN817660_P1 4991 218 88 globlastp 1801 LGD20oat|14v1|SRR020744X169055D1_P1 4991 218 88 globlastp 1802 LGD20oat|14v1|X75777_P1 4991 218 88 globlastp 1803 LGD20 oat|14v1|GR334939_P14992 218 87.9 globlastp 1804 LGD20 onion|14v1|SRR073446X15985D1_P1 4993218 87.9 globlastp 1805 LGD20 onion|14v1|SRR073446X163151D1_P1 4994 21887.9 globlastp 1806 LGD20 onion|14v1|SRR073446X858383D1_P1 4995 218 87.7globlastp 1807 LGD20 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR525216X89879D1_P1 4996 21887.5 globlastp 1808 LGD20 centaurea|11v1|EH713231_P1 4997 218 85.4globlastp 1809 LGD20 physcomitrella|13v1|AW145268_P1 4998 218 84.9globlastp 1810 LGD20 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR525216X13493D1_P1 4999 218 84globlastp 1811 LGD20 pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C148090_T1 5000 218 82.24glotblastn 1812 LGD20 oat|14v1|GR364981_P1 5001 218 82.2 globlastp 1813LGD20 cichorium|14v1|CII14V1K29C37161_P1 5002 218 81.9 globlastp 1814LGD20 pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C150252_T1 5003 218 80.56 glotblastn1815 LGD20 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR525216X25571D1_P1 5004 218 80.2globlastp 1816 LGD21 pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X10842_P1 5005 219 90.6globlastp 1817 LGD21 bean|13v1|FG233192_P1 5006 219 88.3 globlastp 1818LGD21 medicago|13v1|AW559710_P1 5007 219 85.4 globlastp 1819 LGD21chickpea|13v2|GR394709_P1 5008 219 85.3 globlastp 1820 LGD21clover|14v1|ERR351507S40XK40C78732_P1 5009 219 85 globlastp 1821 LGD21clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C658311_P1 5010 219 82.5 globlastp 1822LGD21 lupin|13v4|SRR520490.102106_T1 5011 219 80.74 glotblastn 1823LGD23 soybean|13v2|GLYMA10G23790 5012 220 95.8 globlastp 1824 LGD23bean|13v1|PVU72663_P1 5013 220 94.2 globlastp 1825 LGD23cowpea|12v1|FF382994_P1 5014 220 94.2 globlastp 1826 LGD23pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X128588_P1 5015 220 90.7 globlastp 1827 LGD23lotus|09v1|AW720314_P1 5016 220 83.5 globlastp 1828 LGD23chickpea|13v2|AJ133715_P1 5017 220 82.3 globlastp 1829 LGD23clover|14v1|ERR351507S23XK23C143808_P1 5018 220 81.3 globlastp 1830LGD23 clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C220874_P1 5019 220 81 globlastp 1831LGD23 clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C223734_P1 5020 220 81 globlastp 1832LGD23 clover|14v1|FY455481_T1 5021 220 80.65 glotblastn 1833 LGD23medicago|13v1|AB028149_P1 5022 220 80.6 globlastp 1834 LGD23peanut|13v1|EE126217_P1 5023 220 80.6 globlastp 1835 LGD23peanut|13v1|ES706929_P1 5024 220 80.6 globlastp 1836 LGD23peanut|13v1|ES710706_P1 5023 220 80.6 globlastp 1837 LGD23trigonella|11v1|SRR066194X443474 5025 220 80.32 glotblastn 1838 LGD23lupin|13v4|DT454378_P1 5026 220 80.3 globlastp 1839 LGD24potato|10v1|BE922423_P1 5027 221 96.8 globlastp 1840 LGD24solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHAF233745 5027 221 96.8 globlastp 1841 LGD24eggplant|10v1|FS070678_P1 5028 221 93.7 globlastp 1842 LGD24pepper|12v1|CA517600 5029 221 92.1 globlastp 1843 LGD24tobacco|gb162|EB424667 5030 221 91.3 globlastp 1844 LGD24nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|CN747852_P1 5031 221 89.3 globlastp 1845LGD24 pepper|14v1|CA517600_P1 5032 221 86 globlastp 1846 LGD24petunia|gb171|CV296341_P1 5033 221 85 globlastp 1847 LGD24nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|CN742228_P1 5034 221 84.2 globlastp 1848LGD24 nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|BP535443_P1 5035 221 83 globlastp 1849LGD24 nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|BP745706_P1 5036 221 83 globlastp 1850LGD24 potato|10v1|AJ487439_P1 5037 221 82.6 globlastp 1851 LGD24solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHBG125297 5038 221 81.8 globlastp 1852 LGD24tomato|13v1|BG125297 5039 221 81.4 globlastp 1853 LGD24tabernaemontana|11v1|SRR098689X101263 5040 221 81.2 globlastp 1854 LGD24amsonia|11v1|SRR098688X105569_P1 5041 221 80.1 globlastp 1855 LGD24sarracenia|11v1|SRR192669.102079 5042 221 80 globlastp 1856 LGD26potato|10v1|BQ512820_P1 5043 223 97.8 globlastp 1857 LGD26solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHAW219459 5044 223 96.3 globlastp 1858 LGD26eggplant|10v1|FS013685_P1 5045 223 88.9 globlastp 1859 LGD26petunia|gb171|FN000755_P1 5046 223 86.8 globlastp 1860 LGD26tobacco|gb162|CV020977 5047 223 86 globlastp 1861 LGD26nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|CV020977_P1 5048 223 84.6 globlastp 1862LGD26 nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|EB444991_P1 5049 223 84.6 globlastp1863 LGD26 pepper|14v1|CA516618_P1 5050 223 83.7 globlastp 1864 LGD26pepper|12v1|CA516618 5050 223 83.7 globlastp 1867 LGM4sorghum|13v2|CF487357 5053 225 98.9 globlastp 1868 LGM4maize|13v2|AW017599_P1 5054 225 97.8 globlastp 1869 LGM4switchgrass|12v1|FE636390 5055 225 97.2 globlastp 1870 LGM4foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X103618 5056 225 96.6 globlastp 1871 LGM4foxtail_millet|14v1|JK594703_P1 5056 225 96.6 globlastp 1872 LGM4echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X115159D1_P1 5057 225 96.1 globlastp 1873 LGM4sugarcane|10v1|CA077612 5058 225 95.51 glotblastn 1874 LGM4echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X229200D1_P1 5059 225 94.9 globlastp 1875 LGM4rice|13v2|BE228750 5060 225 92.7 globlastp 1876 LGM4millet|10v1|EVO454PM058815_P1 5061 225 90.4 globlastp 1877 LGM4switchgrass|12v1|FL717785 5062 225 88.2 globlastp 1878 LGM4brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G07490 5063 225 87.6 globlastp 1879 LGM4brachypodium|14v1|XM_003565776_P1 5063 225 87.6 globlastp 1880 LGM4rye|12v1|DRR001012.10524 5064 225 86.5 globlastp 1881 LGM4oat|14v1|CN817000_P1 5065 225 86 globlastp 1882 LGM4oat|14v1|SRR020742X3530D1_P1 5066 225 86 globlastp 1883 LGM4lolium|13v1|SRR029312X10533_P1 5067 225 86 globlastp 1884 LGM4wheat|12v3|AW448835 5068 225 86 globlastp 1885 LGM4switchgrass|12v1|DN142669 5069 225 84.8 globlastp 1886 LGM4echinochloa|14v1|ECHC14V1K23C368882_P1 5070 225 82 globlastp 1887 LGM5foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X140521 5071 226 99.5 globlastp 1888 LGM5foxtail_millet|14v1|JK580260_P1 5071 226 99.5 globlastp 1889 LGM5millet|10v1|EVO454PM127880_P1 5071 226 99.5 globlastp 1890 LGM5sorghum|13v2|BE919023 5072 226 99.5 globlastp 1891 LGM5sugarcane|10v1|CA124005 5073 226 99.5 globlastp 1892 LGM5switchgrass|12v1|FL731202 5071 226 99.5 globlastp 1893 LGM5brachypodium|13v2|BRADI4G19670 5074 226 99 globlastp 1894 LGM5brachypodium|14v1|GT776458_P1 5074 226 99 globlastp 1895 LGM5sorghum|13v2|EH411931 5075 226 99 globlastp 1896 LGM5sugarcane|10v1|BQ530095 5076 226 99 globlastp 1897 LGM5switchgrass|12v1|DN143807 5077 226 99 globlastp 1898 LGM5oat|14v1|GO587242_P1 5078 226 98.5 globlastp 1899 LGM5fescue|13v1|GO796661_P1 5078 226 98.5 globlastp 1900 LGM5lolium|13v1|SRR029311X6608_P1 5078 226 98.5 globlastp 1901 LGM5pineapple|14v1|CO731497_P1 5079 226 97.9 globlastp 1902 LGM5cynodon|10v1|ES292627_P1 5080 226 97.9 globlastp 1903 LGM5oat|11v1|GO587242 5081 226 97.9 globlastp 1904 LGM5pineapple|10v1|CO731497 5079 226 97.9 globlastp 1905 LGM5rye|12v1|DRR001012.278993 5082 226 97.42 glotblastn 1906 LGM5barley|12v1|BF259026_P1 5083 226 97.4 globlastp 1907 LGM5pseudoroegneria|gb167|FF340470 5084 226 97.4 globlastp 1908 LGM5rice|13v2|AU173173 5085 226 97.4 globlastp 1909 LGM5rye|12v1|DRR001012.147425 5083 226 97.4 globlastp 1910 LGM5rye|12v1|DRR001012.403462 5086 226 97.4 globlastp 1911 LGM5wheat|12v3|BE400964 5087 226 96.9 globlastp 1912 LGM5banana|14v1|FF557605_P1 5088 226 96.4 globlastp 1913 LGM5banana|12v1|FF557605 5088 226 96.4 globlastp 1914 LGM5rye|12v1|DRR001012.105745 5089 226 96.4 globlastp 1915 LGM5wheat|12v3|AL819796 5090 226 96.4 globlastp 1916 LGM5wheat|12v3|CA602332 5091 226 95.4 globlastp 1917 LGM5phyla|11v2|SRR099035X101851_P1 5092 226 94.8 globlastp 1918 LGM5centaurea|11v1|SRR346941.103112_T1 5093 226 94.33 glotblastn 1919 LGM5coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1742349_P1 5094 226 94.3 globlastp 1920 LGM5cassava|09v1|JGICASSAVA38046VALIDM1_P1 5095 226 94.3 globlastp 1921 LGM5centaurea|11v1|EH716322_P1 5096 226 94.3 globlastp 1922 LGM5centaurea|11v1|EH750899_P1 5096 226 94.3 globlastp 1923 LGM5centaurea|11v1|EH778876_P1 5096 226 94.3 globlastp 1924 LGM5cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.1015362_P1 5096 226 94.3 globlastp 1925 LGM5cynara|gb167|GE586252_P1 5097 226 94.3 globlastp 1926 LGM5oil_palm|11v1|EL688624_P1 5094 226 94.3 globlastp 1927 LGM5sesame|12v1|SESI12V1400035 5098 226 94.3 globlastp 1928 LGM5cichorium|14v1|CII14V1K19C851803_P1 5099 226 93.8 globlastp 1929 LGM5echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X135194D1_P1 5100 226 93.8 globlastp 1930 LGM5aristolochia|10v1|FD757924_P1 5101 226 93.8 globlastp 1931 LGM5cassava|09v1|JGICASSAVA12198VALIDM1_P1 5102 226 93.8 globlastp 1932 LGM5euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X191565_P1 5103 226 93.8 globlastp 1933 LGM5euphorbia|11v1|DV120773_P1 5104 226 93.8 globlastp 1934 LGM5ginger|gb164|DY357861_P1 5105 226 93.8 globlastp 1935 LGM5humulus|11v1|EX517172_P1 5106 226 93.8 globlastp 1936 LGM5scabiosa|11v1|SRR063723X104109 5107 226 93.8 globlastp 1937 LGM5carrot|14v1|JG753197_P1 5108 226 93.3 globlastp 1938 LGM5castorbean|14v2|XM_002523451_P1 5109 226 93.3 globlastp 1939 LGM5cichorium|14v1|EH696095_P1 5110 226 93.3 globlastp 1940 LGM5cichorium|14v1|EL354803_P1 5110 226 93.3 globlastp 1941 LGM5parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C1075142_P1 5111 226 93.3 globlastp 1942 LGM5ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.192781_P1 5112 226 93.3 globlastp 1943 LGM5b_juncea|12v1|BJUN12V11066861_P1 5113 226 93.3 globlastp 1944 LGM5beech|11v1|FR595200_P1 5114 226 93.3 globlastp 1945 LGM5castorbean|12v1|XM_002523451 5109 226 93.3 globlastp 1946 LGM5clementine|11v1|BQ622925_P1 5115 226 93.3 globlastp 1947 LGM5cowpea|12v1|FC460654_P1 5116 226 93.3 globlastp 1948 LGM5cucumber|09v1|CK755581_P1 5117 226 93.3 globlastp 1949 LGM5cucurbita|11v1|FG227206XX1_P1 5118 226 93.3 globlastp 1950 LGM5eucalyptus|11v2|SRR001658X12387_P1 5119 226 93.3 globlastp 1951 LGM5flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.122999_P1 5120 226 93.3 globlastp 1952 LGM5ginseng|13v1|CN847404_P1 5121 226 93.3 globlastp 1953 LGM5ipomoea_nil|10v1|BJ553333_P1 5122 226 93.3 globlastp 1954 LGM5monkeyflower|12v1|SRR037227.123728_P1 5123 226 93.3 globlastp 1955 LGM5oak|10v1|FP030884_P1 5124 226 93.3 globlastp 1956 LGM5orange|11v1|BQ622925_P1 5115 226 93.3 globlastp 1957 LGM5papaya|gb165|EX245826_P1 5125 226 93.3 globlastp 1958 LGM5poppy|11v1|FE965330_P1 5126 226 93.3 globlastp 1959 LGM5prunus_mume|13v1|BU039273 5127 226 93.3 globlastp 1960 LGM5prunus|10v1|BU039273 5127 226 93.3 globlastp 1961 LGM5safflower|gb162|EL399163 5128 226 93.3 globlastp 1962 LGM5sarracenia|11v1|SRR192669.101796 5129 226 93.3 globlastp 1963 LGM5triphysaria|13v1|SRR023500X154059 5130 226 93.3 globlastp 1964 LGM5tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X103382 5131 226 93.3 globlastp 1965 LGM5valeriana|11v1|SRR099039X118253 5132 226 93.3 globlastp 1966 LGM5watermelon|11v1|CK755581 5133 226 93.3 globlastp 1967 LGM5b_oleracea|14v1|CA992329_P1 5134 226 92.8 globlastp 1968 LGM5b_oleracea|14v1|CN736779_P1 5135 226 92.8 globlastp 1969 LGM5chrysanthemum|14v1|CCOR13V1K19C1351748_P1 5136 226 92.8 globlastp 1970LGM5 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR525216X64809D1_P1 5137 226 92.8 globlastp1971 LGM5 echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X143658D1_P1 5138 226 92.8 globlastp1972 LGM5 onion|14v1|FS214306_P1 5139 226 92.8 globlastp 1973 LGM5onion|14v1|SRR073446X100617D1_P1 5139 226 92.8 globlastp 1974 LGM5apple|11v1|CN916898_P1 5140 226 92.8 globlastp 1975 LGM5arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|AA394695_P1 5141 226 92.8 globlastp 1976 LGM5b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ02HJHE5_P1 5135 226 92.8 globlastp 1977 LGM5b_rapa|11v1|CA992329_P1 5134 226 92.8 globlastp 1978 LGM5b_rapa|11v1|CD825800_P1 5142 226 92.8 globlastp 1979 LGM5blueberry|12v1|CF811679_P1 5143 226 92.8 globlastp 1980 LGM5cacao|13v1|CA795065_P1 5144 226 92.8 globlastp 1981 LGM5canola|11v1|CN736779_P1 5135 226 92.8 globlastp 1982 LGM5canola|11v1|DY024097_P1 5135 226 92.8 globlastp 1983 LGM5canola|11v1|EE456190_P1 5134 226 92.8 globlastp 1984 LGM5canola|11v1|ES959696_P1 5134 226 92.8 globlastp 1985 LGM5centaurea|11v1|EH779348_P1 5145 226 92.8 globlastp 1986 LGM5cichorium|gb171|EH696095 5146 226 92.8 globlastp 1987 LGM5cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.1018218_P1 5147 226 92.8 globlastp 1988 LGM5cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.856095_P1 5147 226 92.8 globlastp 1989 LGM5echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V11520403_P1 5147 226 92.8 globlastp 1990 LGM5eggplant|10v1|FS013736_P1 5148 226 92.8 globlastp 1991 LGM5ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.137173_P1 5149 226 92.8 globlastp 1992 LGM5grape|13v1|GSVIVT01023596001_P1 5150 226 92.8 globlastp 1993 LGM5hornbeam|12v1|SRR364455.104382_P1 5151 226 92.8 globlastp 1994 LGM5onion|12v1|SRR073446X100617D1 5139 226 92.8 globlastp 1995 LGM5phyla|11v2|SRR099037X167282_P1 5152 226 92.8 globlastp 1996 LGM5plantago|11v2|SRR066373X128810_P1 5153 226 92.8 globlastp 1997 LGM5platanus|11v1|SRR096786X113399_P1 5154 226 92.8 globlastp 1998 LGM5poplar|13v1|BI129981_P1 5155 226 92.8 globlastp 1999 LGM5radish|gb164|EV528928 5134 226 92.8 globlastp 2000 LGM5radish|gb164|EX757476 5134 226 92.8 globlastp 2001 LGM5rose|12v1|SRR397984.132568 5156 226 92.8 globlastp 2002 LGM5sunflower|12v1|CD858397 5147 226 92.8 globlastp 2003 LGM5tabernaemontana|11v1|SRR098689X122772 5157 226 92.8 globlastp 2004 LGM5thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|SRR487818.143789 5158 226 92.8 globlastp2005 LGM5 thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|SRR487818.412753 5158 226 92.8globlastp 2006 LGM5 tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X170735 5159 226 92.8globlastp 2007 LGM5 vinca|11v1|SRR098690X16162 5160 226 92.8 globlastp2008 LGM5 walnuts|gb166|CV198344 5161 226 92.8 globlastp 2009 LGM5zostera|12v1|AM767880 5162 226 92.8 globlastp 2010 LGM5dandelion|10v1|DR402561_T1 5163 226 92.78 glotblastn 2011 LGM5chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X154988D1_P1 5164 226 92.3 globlastp 2012LGM5 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X438138D1_P1 5165 226 92.3 globlastp2013 LGM5 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR525216X68511D1_P1 5166 226 92.3globlastp 2014 LGM5 amsonia|11v1|SRR098688X137677_P1 5167 226 92.3globlastp 2015 LGM5 arabidopsis|13v2|AT5G58030_P1 5168 226 92.3globlastp 2016 LGM5 artemisia|10v1|EY032703_P1 5169 226 92.3 globlastp2017 LGM5 banana|12v1|ES437114 5170 226 92.3 globlastp 2018 LGM5bean|13v1|CA898948_P1 5171 226 92.3 globlastp 2019 LGM5catharanthus|11v1|SRR098691X102061_P1 5172 226 92.3 globlastp 2020 LGM5chickpea|13v2|GR407657_P1 5173 226 92.3 globlastp 2021 LGM5cotton|11v1|AI726598_P1 5174 226 92.3 globlastp 2022 LGM5flax|11v1|JG093615_P1 5175 226 92.3 globlastp 2023 LGM5fraxinus|11v1|SRR058827.124739_P1 5176 226 92.3 globlastp 2024 LGM5gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI726598_P1 5174 226 92.3 globlastp 2025 LGM5iceplant|gb164|BE035515_P1 5177 226 92.3 globlastp 2026 LGM5nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|DV158661_P1 5178 226 92.3 globlastp 2027 LGM5pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X112087_P1 5179 226 92.3 globlastp 2028 LGM5quinoa|13v2|SRR315568X132338 5180 226 92.3 globlastp 2029 LGM5quinoa|13v2|SRR315568X135121 5180 226 92.3 globlastp 2030 LGM5quinoa|13v2|SRR315568X262795 5180 226 92.3 globlastp 2031 LGM5safflower|gb162|EL379225 5181 226 92.3 globlastp 2032 LGM5soybean|13v2|GLYMA11G34840 5182 226 92.3 globlastp 2033 LGM5tobacco|gb162|DV158661 5183 226 92.3 globlastp 2034 LGM5trigonella|11v1|SRR066194X159411 5184 226 92.3 globlastp 2035 LGM5trigonella|11v1|SRR066198X1005715 5184 226 92.3 globlastp 2036 LGM5melon|10v1|AM721207_T1 5185 226 92.27 glotblastn 2037 LGM5tragopogon|10v1|SRR020205S0020605 5186 226 92.27 glotblastn 2038 LGM5amaranthus|13v1|SRR039408X8935D1_P1 5187 226 91.8 globlastp 2039 LGM5chrysanthemum|14v1|CCOR13V1K19C712461_P1 5188 226 91.8 globlastp 2040LGM5 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X165328D1_P1 5189 226 91.8 globlastp2041 LGM5 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR797216S19XK19C135809_P1 5188 226 91.8globlastp 2042 LGM5 clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C353036_P1 5190 226 91.8globlastp 2043 LGM5 clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C543836_P1 5190 226 91.8globlastp 2044 LGM5 clover|14v1|ERR351508S29XK29C20418_P1 5190 226 91.8globlastp 2045 LGM5 clover|14v1|FY463974_P1 5190 226 91.8 globlastp 2046LGM5 vicia|14v1|HX911086_P1 5190 226 91.8 globlastp 2047 LGM5beet|12v1|BQ589788_P1 5191 226 91.8 globlastp 2048 LGM5lotus|09v1|LLCN825623_P1 5192 226 91.8 globlastp 2049 LGM5lupin|13v4|SRR520490.400996_P1 5193 226 91.8 globlastp 2050 LGM5medicago|13v1|AW257063_P1 5194 226 91.8 globlastp 2051 LGM5olea|13v1|SRR014463X20346D1_P1 5195 226 91.8 globlastp 2052 LGM5orobanche|10v1|SRR023189S0002969_P1 5196 226 91.8 globlastp 2053 LGM5phalaenopsis|11v1|SRR125771.102497_P1 5197 226 91.8 globlastp 2054 LGM5poplar|13v1|AI162891_P1 5198 226 91.8 globlastp 2055 LGM5potato|10v1|BG594512_P1 5199 226 91.8 globlastp 2056 LGM5soybean|13v2|GLYMA18G03480T2 5200 226 91.8 globlastp 2057 LGM5chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X107848D1_P1 5201 226 91.2 globlastp 2058 LGM5chrysanthemum|14v1|CCOR13V1K23C860424_P1 5202 226 91.2 globlastp 2059LGM5 cichorium|14v1|EH703501_P1 5203 226 91.2 globlastp 2060 LGM5amborella|12v3|CK766552_P1 5204 226 91.2 globlastp 2061 LGM5aquilegia|10v2|DR931387_P1 5205 226 91.2 globlastp 2062 LGM5centaurea|11v1|EH721907_P1 5206 226 91.2 globlastp 2063 LGM5centaurea|11v1|EH730414_P1 5206 226 91.2 globlastp 2064 LGM5chelidonium|11v1|SRR084752X254676XX1_P1 5207 226 91.2 globlastp 2065LGM5 cichorium|gb171|EH703501 5203 226 91.2 globlastp 2066 LGM5guizotia|10v1|GE576219_P1 5208 226 91.2 globlastp 2067 LGM5heritiera|10v1|SRR005795S0006295_P1 5209 226 91.2 globlastp 2068 LGM5lettuce|12v1|DW070380_P1 5210 226 91.2 globlastp 2069 LGM5nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|BP749279_P1 5211 226 91.2 globlastp 2070 LGM5solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHAF136010 5212 226 91.2 globlastp 2071 LGM5tomato|13v1|BG132496 5213 226 91.2 globlastp 2072 LGM5fagopyram|11v1|SRR063689X108773_T1 5214 226 90.72 glotblastn 2073 LGM5cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.103847_P1 5215 226 90.7 globlastp 2074 LGM5b_oleracea|gb161|AM061768 5216 226 90.3 globlastp 2075 LGM5fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063703X106967_T1 5217 226 90.21 glotblastn 2076 LGM5centaurea|11v1|SRR346940.12608_P1 5218 226 90.2 globlastp 2077 LGM5nasturtium|11v1|GH169501_P1 5219 226 90.2 globlastp 2078 LGM5centaurea|11v1|SRR346938.116780_P1 5220 226 89.7 globlastp 2079 LGM5chestnut|gb170|SRR006295S0047423 5221 226 89.7 globlastp 2080 LGM5cleome_spinosa|10v1|GR931906_P1 5222 226 89.7 globlastp 2081 LGM5cotton|11v1|BE054721XX1_P1 5223 226 89.7 globlastp 2082 LGM5gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI731408_P1 5223 226 89.7 globlastp 2083 LGM5arnica|11v1|SRR099034X124304_P1 5224 226 89.2 globlastp 2084 LGM5cotton|11v1|AI731408_P1 5225 226 89.2 globlastp 2085 LGM5silene|11v1|SRR096785X104013 5226 226 89.2 globlastp 2086 LGM5utricularia|11v1|SRR094438.113173 5227 226 89.2 globlastp 2087 LGM5cephalotaxus|11v1|SRR064395X102181_P1 5228 226 88.7 globlastp 2088 LGM5cryptomeria|gb166|BY888802_P1 5229 226 88.7 globlastp 2089 LGM5taxus|10v1|SRR032523S0008292 5230 226 88.7 globlastp 2090 LGM5amaranthus|13v1|SRR039411X156859D1_T1 5231 226 88.66 glotblastn 2091LGM5 eschscholzia|11v1|SRR014116.133813_P1 5232 226 88.6 globlastp 2092LGM5 amaranthus|13v1|SRR039411X186191D1_T1 5231 226 88.24 glotblastn2093 LGM5 maritime_pine|10v1|SRR073317S0117912_T1 5233 226 88.14glotblastn 2094 LGM5 platanus|11v1|SRR096786X150136_T1 5234 226 88.14glotblastn 2095 LGM5 kiwi|gb166|FG409059_P1 5235 226 88.1 globlastp 2096LGM5 podocarpus|10v1|SRR065014S0103673_P1 5236 226 88.1 globlastp 2097LGM5 spruce|11v1|ES670285 5237 226 88.1 globlastp 2098 LGM5lotus|09v1|BW599020_P1 5238 226 88 globlastp 2099 LGM5amaranthus|10v1|SRR039411S0024897 5231 226 87.75 glotblastn 2100 LGM5pine|10v2|BM903468_T1 5239 226 87.63 glotblastn 2101 LGM5cedrus|11v1|SRR065007X162660_P1 5240 226 87.6 globlastp 2102 LGM5parthenium|10v1|GW778447_P1 5241 226 87.6 globlastp 2103 LGM5basilicum|13v1|B10LEAF674401_P1 5242 226 86.6 globlastp 2104 LGM5gnetum|10v1|SRR064399S0023628_P1 5243 226 86.6 globlastp 2105 LGM5abies|11v2|SRR098676X100078_T1 5244 226 86.08 glotblastn 2106 LGM5nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|BP748537_P1 5245 226 84.8 globlastp 2107 LGM5phalaenopsis|11v1|SRR125771.1173944_T1 5246 226 84.62 glotblastn 2108LGM5 pseudotsuga|10v1|SRR065119S0022897 5247 226 84.1 globlastp 2109LGM5 flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.134082_P1 5248 226 83.5 globlastp 2110 LGM5pea|11v1|FG529571_P1 5249 226 83.5 globlastp 2111 LGM5sequoia|10v1|SRR065044S0013282 5250 226 82.99 glotblastn 2112 LGM5banana|14v1|ES437114_P1 5251 226 82.6 globlastp 2113 LGM5amorphophallus|11v2|SRR089351X156796_P1 5252 226 82.5 globlastp 2114LGM5 fern|gb171|BP918439_P1 5253 226 82.5 globlastp 2115 LGM5liquorice|gb171|FS244601_P1 5254 226 82.5 globlastp 2116 LGM5strawberry|11v1|DY674690 5255 226 82.47 glotblastn 2117 LGM5pteridium|11v1|SRR043594X101338 5256 226 82 globlastp 2118 LGM5ceratodon|10v1|SRR074890S0076556_P1 5257 226 81.4 globlastp 2119 LGM5physcomitrella|13v1|AW496908_P1 5258 226 80.4 globlastp 2120 LGM7sorghum|13v2|CD209253 — 227 89.11 glotblastn 2121 LGM8maize|13v2|BE055938_P1 5259 228 94.7 globlastp 2122 LGM8sorghum|13v2|BE364594 5260 228 91.7 globlastp 2123 LGM8switchgrass|12v1|FL730647 5261 228 91.5 globlastp 2124 LGM8switchgrass|12v1|FL787511 5262 228 90.6 globlastp 2125 LGM8foxtail_millet|14v1|JK549278_P1 5263 228 90.3 globlastp 2126 LGM8foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X106187 5263 228 90.3 globlastp 2127 LGM8oat|14v1|CN818654_P1 5264 228 88.2 globlastp 2128 LGM8rice|13v2|BI812205 5265 228 88.2 globlastp 2129 LGM8 oat|11v1|CN8186545266 228 87.5 globlastp 2130 LGM8 brachypodium|14v1|GT758991_T1 5267 22885.58 glotblastn 2131 LGM8 brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G15980 5268 228 85globlastp 2132 LGM8 echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X167722D1_P1 5269 228 84.9globlastp 2133 LGM8 wheat|12v3|BE412386 5270 228 82.7 globlastp 2134LGM8 oat|14v1|SRR020741X108053D1_P1 5271 228 80.7 globlastp 2135 LGM8oat|14v1|SRR020741X108928D1_P1 5272 228 80.5 globlastp 2136 LGM9echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X106175D1_P1 5273 229 94.5 globlastp 2137 LGM9echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X153750D1_P1 5274 229 93.S globlastp 2138 LGM9sorghum|13v2|BM323765 5275 229 93.4 globlastp 2139 LGM9foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X118658 5276 229 93.2 globlastp 2140 LGM9foxtail_millet|14v1|JK550277_P1 5276 229 93.2 globlastp 2141 LGM9rice|13v2|BE229933 5277 229 89.3 globlastp 2142 LGM9 wheat|12v3|BE4120225278 229 87.8 globlastp 2143 LGM9 brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G17660 5279229 87.7 globlastp 2144 LGM9 brachypodium|14v1|DV474668_P1 5279 229 87.7globlastp 2145 LGM9 oat|14v1|GR315799_P1 5280 229 86.7 globlastp 2146LGM9 oat|14v1|GR325305_T1 5281 229 86.3 glotblastn 2147 LGM9oat|14v1|GR315687_T1 5282 229 86.12 glotblastn 2148 LGM9oat|11v1|GR315687 5282 229 86.12 glotblastn 2149 LGM9lolium|13v1|EB709566_T1 5283 229 84.7 glotblastn 2150 LGM11switchgrass|12v1|FE639570 5284 231 93.7 globlastp 2151 LGM11rice|13v2|BM038301 5285 231 88.1 globlastp 2152 LGM11brachypodium|14v1|GT761231_P1 5286 231 86 globlastp 2153 LGM11brachypodium|13v2|BRADI3G19100 5286 231 86 globlastp 2154 LGM11leymus|gb166|CD808754_P1 5287 231 85.3 globlastp 2155 LGM11wheat|12v3|CA605240 5288 231 85.3 globlastp 2156 LGM11oat|14v1|GR326295_P1 5289 231 84.9 globlastp 2157 LGM11oat|11v1|GO593287 5290 231 84.56 glotblastn 2158 LGM11millet|10v1|EVO454PM001708_P1 5291 231 83.1 globlastp 2159 LGM12sugarcane|10v1|CA066454 5292 232 93.8 globlastp 2160 LGM12maize|13v2|AB024293_P1 5293 232 86.1 globlastp 2161 LGM12maize|13v2|BG836938_P1 5294 232 83.3 globlastp 2162 LGM12maize|13v2|CD446274_P1 5294 232 83.3 globlastp 2163 LGM12foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X134530 5295 232 81.2 globlastp 2164 LGM12foxtail_millet|14v1|JK582820_P1 5295 232 81.2 globlastp 2165 LGM12fescue|13v1|DT688239_P1 5296 232 80 globlastp 2166 LGM12lolium|13v1|AU251179_P1 5296 232 80 globlastp 2167 LGM13maize|13v2|AW054234_P1 5297 233 90.2 globlastp 2168 LGM13foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004966622_P1 5298 233 89.8 globlastp 2169 LGM13foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X364414 5299 233 89.7 globlastp 2170 LGM13sorghum|13v2|XM_002437913 5300 233 88.8 globlastp 2171 LGM13maize|13v2|AW054321_T1 5301 233 86.4 glotblastn 2172 LGM13sorghum|13v2|BG159406 5302 233 86.05 glotblastn 2173 LGM13rice|13v2|C71746 5303 233 85.91 glotblastn 2174 LGM13brachypodium|14v1|XM_003570258_P1 5304 233 85.7 globlastp 2175 LGM13foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR30548X177236 5305 233 85.7 glotblastn 2176 LGM13foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004954174_T1 5305 233 85.7 glotblastn 2177 LGM13switchgrass|12v1|FL765378 5306 233 83.9 globlastp 2178 LGM13brachypodium|14v1|XM_003564157_P1 5307 233 83.7 globlastp 2179 LGM13banana|14v1|MAGEN2012001893_T1 5308 233 83.49 glotblastn 2180 LGM13switchgrass|12v1|FL756342 5309 233 82.7 globlastp 2181 LGM13banana|14v1|MAGEN2012016584_T1 5310 233 82.54 glotblastn 2182 LGM13banana|14v1|ES434766_T1 5311 233 82.41 glotblastn 2183 LGM13banana|12v1|ES434766 5311 233 82.41 glotblastn 2184 LGM13pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C2358254_T1 5312 233 82.11 glotblastn 2185LGM13 coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1344950_T1 5313 233 81.74 glotblastn2186 LGM13 banana|14v1|MAGEN2012010618_T1 5314 233 81.58 glotblastn 2187LGM13 cyclamen|14v1|B14ROOTK35C40103_T1 5315 233 81.4 glotblastn 2188LGM13 grape|13v1|GSVIVT01001052001_T1 5316 233 81.3 glotblastn 2189LGM13 arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|CD531364_T1 5317 233 81.28 glotblastn 2190LGM13 banana|12v1|MAGEN2012010618 5318 233 81.23 glotblastn 2191 LGM13rye|12v1|DRR001012.112249 5319 233 81.2 globlastp 2192 LGM13chickpea|13v2|SRR133517.243753_T1 5320 233 81.16 glotblastn 2193 LGM13banana|14v1|MAGEN2012004462_T1 5321 233 80.95 glotblastn 2194 LGM13banana|12v1|MAGEN2012004462 5321 233 80.95 glotblastn 2195 LGM13arabidopsis|13v2|AT3G42640_T1 5322 233 80.93 glotblastn 2196 LGM13b_rapa|11v1|CN727820_T1 5323 233 80.93 glotblastn 2197 LGM13canola|11v1|EE550344_T1 5324 233 80.93 glotblastn 2198 LGM13monkeyflower|12v1|SRR037227.107031_T1 5325 233 80.93 glotblastn 2199LGM13 pigeonpea|11v1|CCIIPG11001382_T1 5326 233 80.93 glotblastn 2200LGM13 castorbean|14v2|XM_002527276_T1 5327 233 80.84 glotblastn 2201LGM13 b_oleracea|14v1|EE550344_T1 5328 233 80.81 glotblastn 2202 LGM13soybean|13v2|GLYMA06G07990 5329 233 80.81 glotblastn 2203 LGM13eucalyptus|11v2|JGIEG035498_T1 5330 233 80.74 glotblastn 2204 LGM13monkeyflower|12v1|GO981272_T1 5331 233 80.72 glotblastn 2205 LGM13bean|13v1|SRR090491X470031_T1 5332 233 80.7 glotblastn 2206 LGM13soybean|13v2|GLYMA17G11190 5333 233 80.7 glotblastn 2207 LGM13thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|EP13V1RP013389 5334 233 80.7 glotblastn 2208LGM13 poplar|13v1|BI069047_T1 5335 233 80.63 glotblastn 2209 LGM13gossypium_raimondii|13v1|GRJGIV8002945_T1 5336 233 80.6 glotblastn 2210LGM13 cyclamen|14v1|B14ROOTK19C144142_T1 5337 233 80.58 glotblastn 2211LGM13 soybean|13v2|GLYMA13G22370 5338 233 80.58 glotblastn 2212 LGM13thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|EHJGI11016856 5339 233 80.58 glotblastn2213 LGM13 tomato|13v1|TOMTRALTBL 5340 233 80.58 glotblastn 2214 LGM13bean|13v1|AY338228_T1 5341 233 80.58 glotblastn 2215 LGM13arabidopsis|13v2|AT2G07560_T1 5342 233 80.56 glotblastn 2216 LGM13aquilegia|10v2|DR920154_T1 5343 233 80.51 glotblastn 2217 LGM13pepper|14v1|BM061822_T1 5344 233 80.47 glotblastn 2218 LGM13cucumber|09v1|BGI454G0031717_T1 5345 233 80.47 glotblastn 2219 LGM13flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.151157_T1 5346 233 80.47 glotblastn 2220 LGM13poplar|13v1|DT509422_T1 5347 233 80.47 glotblastn 2221 LGM13soybean|13v2|GLYMA14G17360 5348 233 80.47 glotblastn 2222 LGM13cacao|13v1|CA796153_T1 5349 233 80.47 glotblastn 2223 LGM13arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|Z18449_T1 5350 233 80.44 glotblastn 2224 LGM13valeriana|11v1|SRR099039X10218 5351 233 80.42 glotblastn 2225 LGM13chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X103896D1_T1 5352 233 80.35 glotblastn 2226LGM13 lotus|09v1|BP075137_T1 5353 233 80.35 glotblastn 2227 LGM13silene|11v1|SRR096785X101816 5354 233 80.35 glotblastn 2228 LGM13soybean|13v2|GLYMA04G07950 5355 233 80.35 glotblastn 2229 LGM13watermelon|11v1|VMEL05509039111143 5356 233 80.35 glotblastn 2230 LGM13soybean|13v2|GLYMA17G29370 5357 233 80.35 glotblastn 2231 LGM13gossypium_raimondii|13v1|GRJGIV8006598_T1 5358 233 80.3 glotblastn 2232LGM13 castorbean|14v2|EG674264_T1 5359 233 80.28 glotblastn 2233 LGM13gossypium_raimondii|13v1|DW234677_T1 5360 233 80.28 glotblastn 2234LGM13 pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1206618_T1 5361 233 80.26 glotblastn2235 LGM13 gossypium_raimondii|13v1|CO103188_T1 5362 233 80.26glotblastn 2236 LGM13 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X106018D1_T1 5363 23380.23 glotblastn 2237 LGM13 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X121735D1_T15363 233 80.23 glotblastn 2238 LGM13chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X597716D1_T1 5363 233 80.23 glotblastn 2239LGM13 cyclamen|14v1|B14ROOTK19C93482_T1 5364 233 80.23 glotblastn 2240LGM13 ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.221588_T1 5365 233 80.23 glotblastn 2241LGM13 apple|11v1|CN921617_T1 5366 233 80.23 glotblastn 2242 LGM13arnica|11v1|SRR099034X101901_T1 5367 233 80.23 glotblastn 2243 LGM13flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.102942_T1 5368 233 80.23 glotblastn 2244 LGM13medicago|13v1|MT4_2013011930_T1 5369 233 80.23 glotblastn 2245 LGM13pigeonpea|11v1|GW355448_T1 5370 233 80.23 glotblastn 2246 LGM13tabernaemontana|11v1|SRR098689X100886 5371 233 80.23 glotblastn 2247LGM13 triphysaria|13v1|SRR023501X106912 5372 233 80.23 glotblastn 2248LGM13 cacao|13v1|SRR850732.1022254_T1 5373 233 80.19 glotblastn 2249LGM13 banana|14v1|MAGEN2012007669_T1 5374 233 80.12 glotblastn 2250LGM13 parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C139710_T1 5375 233 80.12 glotblastn 2251LGM13 banana|12v1|MAGEN2012007669 5374 233 80.12 glotblastn 2252 LGM13chickpea|13v2|SRR133517.100922_T1 5376 233 80.12 glotblastn 2253 LGM13lupin|13v4|SRR520491.100366_T1 5377 233 80.12 glotblastn 2254 LGM13lupin|13v4|SRR520491.1197400_T1 5378 233 80.12 glotblastn 2255 LGM13peanut|13v1|EH044764_T1 5379 233 80.12 glotblastn 2256 LGM13poppy|11v1|SRR030259.120563_T1 5380 233 80.12 glotblastn 2257 LGM13sunflower|12v1|DY908811 5381 233 80.12 glotblastn 2258 LGM13pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1014231_T1 5382 233 80.05 glotblastn 2259LGM13 onion|14v1|SRR073446X121154D1_T1 5383 233 80.02 glotblastn 2260LGM13 tobacco|gb162|AY383599 5384 233 80.02 glotblastn 2261 LGM13coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1289124_T1 5385 233 80 glotblastn 2262 LGM13coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C173691_T1 5386 233 80 glotblastn 2263 LGM13onion|14v1|CF440648_T1 5387 233 80 glotblastn 2264 LGM13arnica|11v1|SRR099034X102444_T1 5388 233 80 glotblastn 2265 LGM13cotton|11v1|CO071267_T1 5389 233 80 glotblastn 2266 LGM13gossypium_raimondii|13v1|DT527163_T1 5390 233 80 glotblastn 2267 LGM13lupin|13v4|SRR520490.103160_T1 5391 233 80 glotblastn 2268 LGM13lupin|13v4|SRR520490.143280_T1 5392 233 80 glotblastn 2269 LGM13medicago|13v1|BF640720_T1 5393 233 80 glotblastn 2270 LGM13poplar|13v1|XM_002309285_T1 5394 233 80 glotblastn 2271 LGM13strawberry|11v1|CO381475 5395 233 80 glotblastn 2272 LGM14sorghum|13v2|AW676925 5396 234 96.6 globlastp 2273 LGM14echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X152899D1_P1 5397 234 96.3 globlastp 2274LGM14 foxtail_millet|14v1|JK579588_P1 5398 234 95.5 globlastp 2275 LGM14foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X10154 5398 234 95.5 globlastp 2276 LGM14switchgrass|12v1|FE611046 5399 234 95.2 globlastp 2277 LGM14foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X118503 5400 234 94.1 globlastp 2278 LGM14foxtail_millet|14v1|JK577335_P1 5400 234 94.1 globlastp 2279 LGM14switchgrass|12v1|DN146456 5401 234 93.8 globlastp 2280 LGM14rice|13v2|AA751646 5402 234 92.7 globlastp 2281 LGM14pseudoroegneria|gb167|FF342064 5403 234 92.4 globlastp 2282 LGM14oat|14v1|GO593334_P1 5404 234 91.8 globlastp 2283 LGM14oat|14v1|SRR020741X224144D1_P1 5404 234 91.8 globlastp 2284 LGM14oat|14v1|SRR020741X137507D1_P1 5405 234 91.3 globlastp 2285 LGM14brachypodium|13v2|BRADI1G75150 5406 234 91.3 globlastp 2286 LGM14brachypodium|14v1|DV471229_P1 5406 234 91.3 globlastp 2287 LGM14fescue|13v1|GO799068_P1 5407 234 91 globlastp 2288 LGM14fescue|13v1|DT680911_P1 5408 234 90.7 globlastp 2289 LGM14oat|14v1|GR349063_P1 5409 234 86.2 globlastp 2290 LGM14switchgrass|12v1|FL982427 5410 234 84.2 globlastp 2291 LGM14barley|12v1|BG299277_P1 5411 234 82.4 globlastp 2292 LGM14pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1888797_T1 5412 234 82.02 glotblastn 2293LGM14 pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1363310_P1 5413 234 82 globlastp 2294LGM14 oil_palm|11v1|SRR190698.150211_T1 5414 234 80.06 glotblastn 2295LGM15 foxtail_millet|13v2|GT091038 5415 235 80.8 globlastp 2296 LGM15foxtail_millet|14v1|GT091038_P1 5415 235 80.8 globlastp 2297 LGM15switchgrass|12v1|FL749806 5416 235 80.8 globlastp 2298 LGM15switchgrass|12v1|SRR187769.1049218 5417 235 80.5 globlastp 2299 LGM16sorghum|13v2|BF586044 5418 236 95.5 globlastp 2300 LGM16sugarcane|10v1|CA080976 5419 236 95.5 globlastp 2301 LGM16echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X107795D1_P1 5420 236 93.9 globlastp 2302LGM16 foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X100214 5421 236 92.1 globlastp 2303LGM16 foxtail_millet|14v1|JK586238_P1 5421 236 92.1 globlastp 2304 LGM16millet|10v1|CD725157_P1 5422 236 91.7 globlastp 2305 LGM16brachypodium|13v2|BRADI1G76520 5423 236 84.9 globlastp 2306 LGM16brachypodium|14v1|GT787070_P1 5423 236 84.9 globlastp 2307 LGM16oat|14v1|GO590938_P1 5424 236 83.9 globlastp 2308 LGM16oat|14v1|CN815186_P1 5425 236 83.8 globlastp 2309 LGM16rice|13v2|BI805923 5426 236 83.3 globlastp 2310 LGM16fescue|13v1|DT689483_P1 5427 236 82.5 globlastp 2311 LGM16lolium|13v1|ES700335_P1 5428 236 81.5 globlastp 2312 LGM16wheat|12v3|BE415113 5429 236 80.3 globlastp 2313 LGM17foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X134445 5430 237 96.7 globlastp 2314 LGM17foxtail_millet|14v1|JK591234_P1 5430 237 96.7 globlastp 2315 LGM17maize|13v2|AI901650_P1 5431 237 95.4 globlastp 2316 LGM17foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X209906 5432 237 95.4 globlastp 2317 LGM17foxtail_millet|14v1|JK555631_P1 5432 237 95.4 globlastp 2318 LGM17maize|13v2|W49427_P1 5433 237 91.9 globlastp 2319 LGM17fescue|13v1|CK801247_P1 5434 237 90.8 globlastp 2320 LGM17oat|14v1|GR346796_P1 5435 237 90.2 globlastp 2321 LGM17rice|13v2|BM038723 5436 237 89.4 globlastp 2322 LGM17oat|14v1|GR346797_P1 5437 237 88.9 globlastp 2323 LGM17oat|14v1|SRR020741X26880D1_P1 5438 237 88.3 globlastp 2324 LGM17lolium|13v1|ERR246395S19461_P1 5439 237 85.8 globlastp 2325 LGM17brachypodium|13v2|BRADI4G07810 5440 237 83.9 globlastp 2326 LGM17brachypodium|14v1|GT804793_P1 5440 237 83.9 globlastp 2327 LGM17rice|13v2|CB631895 5441 237 83.3 globlastp 2328 LGM17coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1112181_P1 5442 237 81.7 globlastp 2329 LGM17echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X151488D1_P1 5443 237 81.2 globlastp 2330LGM17 coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K23C155049_P1 5444 237 81 globlastp 2331LGM17 coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1151663_P1 5445 237 80.4 globlastp 2332LGM17 pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1385749_P1 5446 237 80.2 globlastp 2333LGM17 pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1432945_P1 5446 237 80.2 globlastp 2334LGM18 maize|13v2|CF043821_P1 5447 238 86.5 globlastp 2335 LGM18sorghum|13v2|AW284333 5448 238 86.4 globlastp 2336 LGM18switchgrass|12v1|DN142367 5449 238 86.1 globlastp 2337 LGM18foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X114235 5450 238 85.8 globlastp 2338 LGM18foxtail_millet|14v1|JK561597_P1 5450 238 85.8 globlastp 2339 LGM18switchgrass|12v1|FL706315 5451 238 85.5 globlastp 2340 LGM18maize|13v2|CO455501_P1 5452 238 85.3 globlastp 2341 LGM18rye|12v1|DRR001012.139301 5453 238 84.2 globlastp 2342 LGM18oat|14v1|SRR020741X155500D1_P1 5454 238 84 globlastp 2343 LGM18wheat|12v3|AJ614742 5455 238 83 globlastp 2344 LGM18fescue|13v1|DT685890_P1 5456 238 82.5 globlastp 2354 LGM21sorghum|13v2|CF427857 5465 240 98.6 globlastp 2355 LGM21maize|13v2|CD965228_P1 5466 240 97.9 globlastp 2356 LGM21switchgrass|12v1|FL740950 5467 240 97.9 globlastp 2357 LGM21foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X422447 5468 240 97.2 globlastp 2358 LGM21foxtail_millet|14v1|JK590448_P1 5468 240 97.2 globlastp 2359 LGM21sugarcane|10v1|CA143570 5469 240 97.2 globlastp 2360 LGM21echinochloa|14v1|ECHC14V1K19C119845_P1 5470 240 96.5 globlastp 2361LGM21 millet|10v1|EVO454PM048685_P1 5471 240 96.5 globlastp 2362 LGM21switchgrass|12v1|FE601199 5472 240 96.5 globlastp 2363 LGM21foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X123946 5473 240 93.7 globlastp 2364 LGM21foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004975560_P1 5473 240 93.7 globlastp 2365 LGM21switchgrass|12v1|GR878391 5474 240 93.7 globlastp 2366 LGM21rice|13v2|BI811700 5475 240 93 globlastp 2367 LGM21switchgrass|12v1|GD007879 5476 240 92.31 glotblastn 2368 LGM21barley|12v1|AV833687_P1 5477 240 92.3 globlastp 2369 LGM21barley|12v1|AV916171_P1 5477 240 92.3 globlastp 2370 LGM21brachypodium|13v2|BRADI1G54910 5477 240 92.3 globlastp 2371 LGM21brachypodium|14v1|DV472924_P1 5477 240 92.3 globlastp 2372 LGM21brachypodium|13v2|BRADI1G56290 5477 240 92.3 globlastp 2373 LGM21brachypodium|14v1|DV489387_P1 5477 240 92.3 globlastp 2374 LGM21oat|14v1|GO594575_P1 5478 240 91.6 globlastp 2375 LGM21oat|11v1|GO596154 5478 240 91.6 globlastp 2376 LGM21 rice|13v2|CF2958015479 240 91.6 globlastp 2377 LGM21 rye|12v1|DRR001012.336282 5480 24091.6 globlastp 2378 LGM21 rye|12v1|DRR001012.519286 5480 240 91.6globlastp 2379 LGM21 rye|12v1|DRR001013.1473 5480 240 91.6 globlastp2380 LGM21 wheat|12v3|BM136725 5480 240 91.6 globlastp 2381 LGM21fescue|13v1|GO797518_P1 5481 240 90.9 globlastp 2382 LGM21lolium|13v1|GR523252_P1 5482 240 90.9 globlastp 2383 LGM21wheat|12v3|BQ901445 5483 240 90.9 globlastp 2384 LGM21oat|14v1|SRR346072X4884D1_P1 5484 240 90.2 globlastp 2385 LGM21oat|11v1|CN815728 5485 240 90.2 globlastp 2386 LGM21 oat|11v1|GO5945755486 240 90.2 globlastp 2387 LGM21 rye|12v1|DRR001015.326363 5487 24090.2 globlastp 2388 LGM21 oat|14v1|SRR020741X224099D1_T1 5488 240 89.51glotblastn 2389 LGM21 oat|14v1|ASTE13V1K19C739127_P1 5489 240 89.5globlastp 2390 LGM21 banana|14v1|FL661672_P1 5490 240 87.4 globlastp2391 LGM21 banana|12v1|FL661672 5490 240 87.4 globlastp 2392 LGM21aquilegia|10v2|DR937485_P1 5491 240 86.7 globlastp 2393 LGM21pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1508498_P1 5492 240 86 globlastp 2394 LGM21oil_palm|11v1|EY401455_P1 5493 240 86 globlastp 2395 LGM21oil_palm|11v1|SRR190699.435253_P1 5493 240 86 globlastp 2396 LGM21phyla|11v2|SRR099035X56157_T1 5494 240 85.31 glotblastn 2397 LGM21coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1740067_P1 5495 240 85.3 globlastp 2398 LGM21zostera|12v1|SRR057351X141935D1 5496 240 85.3 globlastp 2399 LGM21onion|14v1|CF445736_P1 5497 240 84.6 globlastp 2400 LGM21amsonia|11v1|SRR098688X186353_P1 5498 240 84.6 globlastp 2401 LGM21aristolochia|10v1|SRR039082S0013029_P1 5499 240 84.6 globlastp 2402LGM21 cassava|09v1|JGICASSAVA30881VALIDM1_P1 5500 240 84.6 globlastp2403 LGM21 grape|13v1|GSVIVT01031287001_P1 5501 240 84.6 globlastp 2404LGM21 poppy|11v1|SRR030260.379131_P1 5502 240 84.6 globlastp 2405 LGM21sesame|12v1|BU668838 5503 240 84.6 globlastp 2406 LGM21tabernaemontana|11v1|SRR098689X200726 5504 240 84.6 globlastp 2407 LGM21watermelon|11v1|AM716572 5505 240 84.6 globlastp 2408 LGM21amorphophallus|11v2|SRR346501.346667_T1 5506 240 83.92 glotblastn 2409LGM21 onion|12v1|SRR073446X102349D1 5507 240 83.92 glotblastn 2410 LGM21poppy|11v1|SRR030261.17010_T1 5508 240 83.92 glotblastn 2411 LGM21tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X104658 5509 240 83.92 glotblastn 2412 LGM21utricularia|11v1|SRR094438.114689 5510 240 83.92 glotblastn 2413 LGM21castorbean|14v2|XM_002534261_P1 5511 240 83.9 globlastp 2414 LGM21parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C1064786_P1 5512 240 83.9 globlastp 2415 LGM21castorbean|12v1|XM_002534261 5511 240 83.9 globlastp 2416 LGM21cotton|11v1|SRR032367.1120737_P1 5513 240 83.9 globlastp 2417 LGM21gossypium_raimondii|13v1|SRR278711.213817_P1 5513 240 83.9 globlastp2418 LGM21 liquorice|gb171|FS244723_P1 5514 240 83.9 globlastp 2419LGM21 monkeyflower|12v1|GR013887_P1 5515 240 83.9 globlastp 2420 LGM21nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|EB428295_P1 5516 240 83.9 globlastp 2421LGM21 oil_palm|11v1|EL681798_P1 5517 240 83.9 globlastp 2422 LGM21peanut|13v1|SRR042413X72388_P1 5518 240 83.9 globlastp 2423 LGM21poplar|13v1|BI128942_P1 5519 240 83.9 globlastp 2424 LGM21tobacco|gb162|EB428295 5520 240 83.9 globlastp 2425 LGM21utricularia|11v1|SRR094438.115834 5521 240 83.9 globlastp 2426 LGM21amaranthus|13v1|SRR172677X298686D1_T1 5522 240 83.22 glotblastn 2427LGM21 amaranthus|13v1|SRR039411X130892D1_P1 5523 240 83.2 globlastp 2428LGM21 acacia|10v1|FS588684_P1 5524 240 83.2 globlastp 2429 LGM21aquilegia|10v2|DR932041_P1 5525 240 83.2 globlastp 2430 LGM21basilicum|13v1|DY332868_P1 5526 240 83.2 globlastp 2431 LGM21cowpea|12v1|FF383498_P1 5527 240 83.2 globlastp 2432 LGM21cucumber|09v1|AM716572_P1 5528 240 83.2 globlastp 2433 LGM21dandelion|10v1|DR401258_P1 5529 240 83.2 globlastp 2434 LGM21eucalyptus|11v2|CD668064_P1 5530 240 83.2 globlastp 2435 LGM21heritiera|10v1|SRR005795S0006349_P1 5531 240 83.2 globlastp 2436 LGM21lupin|13v4|SRR520491.279506_P1 5532 240 83.2 globlastp 2437 LGM21medicago|13v1|BI269948_P1 5533 240 83.2 globlastp 2438 LGM21orange|11v1|EB686972_P1 5534 240 83.2 globlastp 2439 LGM21pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X10043_P1 5535 240 83.2 globlastp 2440 LGM21potato|10v1|BG886794_P1 5536 240 83.2 globlastp 2441 LGM21silene|11v1|SRR096785X222618 5537 240 83.2 globlastp 2442 LGM21solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHAI782474 5536 240 83.2 globlastp 2443 LGM21vinca|11v1|SRR098690X207685 5538 240 83.2 globlastp 2444 LGM21bupleurum|11v1|SRR301254.111782_T1 5539 240 82.52 glotblastn 2445 LGM21tomato|13v1|AI782474 — 240 82.52 glotblastn 2446 LGM21amborella|12v3|CK757480_P1 5540 240 82.5 globlastp 2447 LGM21bean|13v1|CB540717_P1 5541 240 82.5 globlastp 2448 LGM21cacao|13v1|CF974229_P1 5542 240 82.5 globlastp 2449 LGM21cassava|09v1|CK649783_P1 5543 240 82.5 globlastp 2450 LGM21cotton|11v1|BG446435_P1 5544 240 82.5 globlastp 2451 LGM21eggplant|10v1|FS067153_P1 5545 240 82.5 globlastp 2452 LGM21euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X181362_P1 5546 240 82.5 globlastp 2453 LGM21fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063689X100287_P1 5547 240 82.5 globlastp 2454 LGM21flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.157535_P1 5548 240 82.5 globlastp 2455 LGM21flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.376367_P1 5548 240 82.5 globlastp 2456 LGM21gossypium_raimondii|13v1|BG446435_P1 5544 240 82.5 globlastp 2457 LGM21melon|10v1|AM716572_P1 5549 240 82.5 globlastp 2458 LGM21prunus_mume|13v1|AJ826365 5550 240 82.5 globlastp 2459 LGM21prunus|10v1|CK900631 5550 240 82.5 globlastp 2460 LGM21sarracenia|11v1|SRR192669.107715 5551 240 82.5 globlastp 2461 LGM21spurge|gb161|DV156350 5552 240 82.5 globlastp 2462 LGM21strawberry|11v1|EX667033 5553 240 82.5 globlastp 2463 LGM21tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X182510 5554 240 82.5 globlastp 2464 LGM21onion|14v1|SRR073446X498773D1_P1 5555 240 82.1 globlastp 2465 LGM21cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.1026977_T1 5556 240 81.82 glotblastn 2466 LGM21sarracenia|11v1|SRR192669.197189 5557 240 81.82 glotblastn 2467 LGM21chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X99572D1_P1 5558 240 81.8 globlastp 2468 LGM21chestnut|14v1|SRR006297X53816D1_P1 5559 240 81.8 globlastp 2469 LGM21chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X107192D1_P1 5560 240 81.8 globlastp 2470LGM21 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR525216X69552D1_P1 5560 240 81.8 globlastp2471 LGM21 cichorium|14v1|EH702384_P1 5561 240 81.8 globlastp 2472 LGM21centaurea|11v1|EH771715_P1 5562 240 81.8 globlastp 2473 LGM21centaurea|11v1|SRR346938.158575_P1 5562 240 81.8 globlastp 2474 LGM21centaurea|11v1|SRR346941.206096_P1 5562 240 81.8 globlastp 2475 LGM21cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.131101_P1 5563 240 81.8 globlastp 2476 LGM21clementine|11v1|EB686972_P1 5564 240 81.8 globlastp 2477 LGM21cotton|11v1|CO127373_P1 5565 240 81.8 globlastp 2478 LGM21cucurbita|11v1|SRR091276X132116_P1 5566 240 81.8 globlastp 2479 LGM21euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X154489_P1 5567 240 81.8 globlastp 2480 LGM21ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.311680_P1 5568 240 81.8 globlastp 2482 LGM21gnetum|10v1|SRR064399S0007956_P1 5569 240 81.8 globlastp 2482 LGM21guizotia|10v1|GE552075_P1 5570 240 81.8 globlastp 2483 LGM21lettuce|12v1|DW048509_P1 5561 240 81.8 globlastp 2484 LGM21lotus|09v1|LLGO031650_P1 5571 240 81.8 globlastp 2485 LGM21nasturtium|11v1|GH163708_P1 5572 240 81.8 globlastp 2486 LGM21oak|10v1|FP036963_P1 5558 240 81.8 globlastp 2487 LGM21oak|10v1|FP050198_P1 5559 240 81.8 globlastp 2488 LGM21primula|11v1|SRR098679X111361_P1 5573 240 81.8 globlastp 2489 LGM21quinoa|13v2|SRR315569X167153 5574 240 81.8 globlastp 2490 LGM21safflower|gb162|EL403279 5575 240 81.8 globlastp 2491 LGM21soybean|13v2|GLYMA09G41140T2 5576 240 81.8 globlastp 2492 LGM21onion|12v1|FS216857 5577 240 81.4 globlastp 2493 LGM21blueberry|12v1|SRR353283X34092D1_T1 5578 240 81.12 glotblastn 2494 LGM21flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.197232_T1 5579 240 81.12 glotblastn 2495 LGM21ginseng|13v1|CN846687_T1 5580 240 81.12 glotblastn 2496 LGM21humulus|11v1|SRR098684X183820_T1 5581 240 81.12 glotblastn 2497 LGM21carrot|14v1|JG758214_P1 5582 240 81.1 globlastp 2498 LGM21cichorium|14v1|EL366038_P1 5583 240 81.1 globlastp 2499 LGM21apple|11v1|CK900631_P1 5584 240 81.1 globlastp 2500 LGM21artemisia|10v1|SRR019254S0012319_P1 5585 240 81.1 globlastp 2501 LGM21cannabis|12v1|JK493582_P1 5586 240 81.1 globlastp 2502 LGM21cynara|gb167|GE588067_P1 5587 240 81.1 globlastp 2503 LGM21echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V11027001_P1 5588 240 81.1 globlastp 2504 LGM21echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V11875768_P1 5588 240 81.1 globlastp 2505 LGM21echinacea|13v1|SRR315735S237953_P1 5588 240 81.1 globlastp 2506 LGM21eschscholzia|11v1|SRR014116.105608_P1 5589 240 81.1 globlastp 2507 LGM21fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063703X107943_P1 5590 240 81.1 globlastp 2508 LGM21flax|11v1|JG110297_P1 5591 240 81.1 globlastp 2509 LGM21ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.113601_P1 5592 240 81.1 globlastp 2510 LGM21liriodendron|gb166|FD488199_P1 5593 240 81.1 globlastp 2511 LGM21lotus|09v1|LLBW598945_P1 5594 240 81.1 globlastp 2512 LGM21lupin|13v4|SRR520491.1020888_P1 5595 240 81.1 globlastp 2513 LGM21nasturtium|11v1|SRR032558.142199XX1_P1 5596 240 81.1 globlastp 2514LGM21 papaya|gb165|EX235814_P1 5597 240 81.1 globlastp 2515 LGM21soybean|13v2|GLYMA11G26250 5598 240 81.1 globlastp 2516 LGM21soybean|13v2|GLYMA18G06050 5599 240 81.1 globlastp 2517 LGM21zinnia|gb171|AU291978 5600 240 81.1 globlastp 2518 LGM21nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|BP130291_P1 5601 240 80.8 globlastp 2519LGM21 cucurbita|11v1|SRR091276X101343_T1 5602 240 80.42 glotblastn 2520LGM21 ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.299289_T1 5603 240 80.42 glotblastn 2521LGM21 clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C285377_P1 5604 240 80.4 globlastp2522 LGM21 cephalotaxus|11v1|SRR064395X398877_P1 5605 240 80.4 globlastp2523 LGM21 radish|gb164|EX754201 5606 240 80.4 globlastp 2524 LGM21sunflower|12v1|DY915727 5607 240 80.4 globlastp 2525 LGM21sunflower|12v1|DY919507 5607 240 80.4 globlastp 2526 LGM21sunflower|12v1|EE605865 5607 240 80.4 globlastp 2527 LGM21valeriana|11v1|SRR099039X122782 5608 240 80.4 globlastp 2528 LGM23foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X138711 5609 242 87.6 globlastp 2529 LGM23foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004961679_P1 5609 242 87.6 globlastp 2530 LGM23switchgrass|12v1|HO303762 5610 242 86.2 globlastp 2531 LGM23switchgrass|12v1|DN143147 5611 242 85.4 globlastp 2532 MGP15wheat|12v3|BE403709 5612 244 98.44 glotblastn 2533 MGP15wheat|12v3|BE423525 5613 244 98.4 globlastp 2534 MGP15wheat|12v3|CA693491 5614 244 98.4 globlastp 2535 MGP15rye|12v1|DRR001012.104707 5615 244 97.9 globlastp 2536 MGP15lolium|13v1|EL738032_P1 5616 244 94.6 globlastp 2537 MGP15brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G41610 5617 244 93.2 globlastp 2538 MGP15brachypodium|14v1|GT760733_T1 — 244 93.19 glotblastn 2539 MGP15foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X120368 5618 244 88 globlastp 2540 MGP15foxtail_millet|14v1|JK559155_P1 5618 244 88 globlastp 2541 MGP15rice|13v2|BI118621 5619 244 88 globlastp 2542 MGP15sorghum|13v2|BF421870 5620 244 87.8 globlastp 2543 MGP15sugarcane|10v1|CA069567 5621 244 87.5 globlastp 2544 MGP15maize|13v2|AI783334_P1 5622 244 85.2 globlastp 2545 MGP15maize|13v2|AI891193_P1 5623 244 85.2 globlastp 2546 MGP15switchgrass|12v1|FE602502 5624 244 84.67 glotblastn 2547 MGP15rice|13v2|BM422183 5625 244 82.7 globlastp 2548 MGP15rye|12v1|DRR001012.119075 5626 244 81.4 globlastp 2549 MGP15wheat|12v3|BQ241004 5627 244 80.8 globlastp 2550 MGP15wheat|12v3|CA500750 5628 244 80.8 globlastp 2551 MGP15pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C2179980_T1 5629 244 80.79 glotblastn 2552MGP15 banana|12v1|ES433045 5630 244 80.42 glotblastn 2553 MGP15coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1464096_P1 5631 244 80.3 globlastp 2554 MGP15coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K35C781277_P1 5632 244 80.3 globlastp 2555 MGP15coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1283446_P1 5633 244 80.2 globlastp 2556 MGP15banana|12v1|ES435470 5634 244 80.2 globlastp 2557 MGP15foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X155294 5635 244 80.06 glotblastn 2558MGP15 foxtail_millet|14v1|JK583976_T1 5635 244 80.06 glotblastn 2559MGP16 wheat|12v3|BE470804 5636 245 93.3 globlastp 2560 MGP16pseudoroegneria|gb167|FF354406 5637 245 92.2 globlastp 2561 MGP16rye|12v1|DRR001012.119714 5638 245 92.2 globlastp 2562 MGP16leymus|gb166|EG395558_P1 5639 245 91.7 globlastp 2563 MGP16rye|12v1|BE586272 5640 245 90.5 glotblastn 2564 MGP16rye|12v1|DRR001012.118764 5641 245 87.22 glotblastn 2565 MGP17wheat|12v3|CA653944 5642 246 95.9 globlastp 2566 MGP17oat|14v1|SRR020741X110705D1_P1 5643 246 88 globlastp 2567 MGP17brachypodium|14v1|DV483487_P1 5644 246 84.2 globlastp 2568 MGP18gossypium_raimondii|13v1|DT457651_P1 5645 247 99.7 globlastp 2569 MGP19maize|13v2|BE997261_P1 5646 248 84.7 globlastp 2570 MGP19brachypodium|13v2|BRADI1G09537 5647 248 81.1 globlastp 2571 MGP19brachypodium|14v1|GT789777_P1 5647 248 81.1 globlastp 2572 MGP19rice|13v2|BI799956 5648 248 80.3 globlastp 2573 MGP19oat|14v1|GO596907_T1 5649 248 80.11 glotblastn 2574 MGP19oat|14v1|GR331245_T1 5650 248 80.07 glotblastn 2575 MGP20sugarcane|10v1|AA525654 5651 249 96.8 globlastp 2576 MGP20sorghum|13v2|CD430637 5652 249 96.4 globlastp 2577 MGP20millet|10v1|EVO454PM000705_P1 5653 249 94 globlastp 2578 MGP20foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X17296 5654 249 93.5 globlastp 2579 MGP20foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004981485_P1 5654 249 93.5 globlastp 2580 MGP20switchgrass|12v1|GD008884 5655 249 93.5 globlastp 2581 MGP20switchgrass|12v1|HO302009 5656 249 89.52 glotblastn 2582 MGP20rice|13v2|BF475213 5657 249 88.3 globlastp 2583 MGP20echinochloa|14v1|ECHC14V1K19C539357_P1 5658 249 84.7 globlastp 2584MGP21 sorghum|13v2|BE597965 5659 250 98.4 globlastp 2585 MGP21switchgrass|12v1|DN143877 5660 250 95.8 globlastp 2586 MGP21switchgrass|12v1|FE657974 5661 250 95.8 globlastp 2587 MGP21foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X164234 5662 250 95.4 globlastp 2588 MGP21foxtail_millet|14v1|JK586035_P1 5662 250 95.4 globlastp 2589 MGP21rice|13v2|BE040481 5663 250 93.8 globlastp 2590 MGP21barley|12v1|CA015158_P1 5664 250 87.4 globlastp 2591 MGP21brachypodium|14v1|XM_003563628_P1 5665 250 85.1 globlastp 2592 MGP21brachypodium|14v1|DV486006_P1 5666 250 85 globlastp 2593 MGP21brachypodium|13v2|BRADI3G07730 5666 250 85 globlastp 2594 MGP21maize|13v2|CD959011_P1 5667 250 83.9 globlastp 2595 MGP21pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1249481_P1 5668 250 83.7 globlastp 2596 MGP21foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X102638 5669 250 83.6 globlastp 2597 MGP21foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004951451_P1 5669 250 83.6 globlastp 2598 MGP21sorghum|13v2|AW679678 5670 250 83.4 globlastp 2599 MGP21sugarcane|10v1|CA084978 5671 250 83.4 globlastp 2600 MGP21barley|12v1|BG299822_P1 5672 250 83.1 globlastp 2601 MGP21barley|12v1|HV12V1CUFF69370T1_P1 5672 250 83.1 globlastp 2602 MGP21wheat|12v3|BE419923 5673 250 83 globlastp 2603 MGP21chelidonium|11v1|SRR084752X104430_P1 5674 250 82.4 globlastp 2604 MGP21oat|11v1|GO589552 5675 250 82.3 globlastp 2605 MGP21rye|12v1|DRR001012.101530 5676 250 82.3 globlastp 2606 MGP21switchgrass|12v1|DN141499 5677 250 82.3 globlastp 2607 MGP21banana|14v1|MAGEN2012034401_P1 5678 250 82.2 globlastp 2608 MGP21oat|14v1|GR326669_P1 5679 250 82.1 globlastp 2609 MGP21aquilegia|10v2|DR913127_P1 5680 250 82.1 globlastp 2610 MGP21banana|12v1|ES434839 5681 250 82 globlastp 2611 MGP21banana|12v1|MAGEN2012034401 5682 250 82 globlastp 2612 MGP21oat|14v1|GO589552_P1 5683 250 81.9 globlastp 2613 MGP21oil_palm|11v1|EL683339_T1 5684 250 81.82 glotblastn 2614 MGP21oat|14v1|SRR020741X322264D1_P1 5685 250 81.7 globlastp 2615 MGP21carrot|14v1|BSS11K19C195484_P1 5686 250 81.6 globlastp 2616 MGP21coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1032207_P1 5687 250 81.6 globlastp 2617 MGP21banana|12v1|MAGEN2012021585 5688 250 81.6 globlastp 2618 MGP21poppy|11v1|SRR030259.171768XX1_P1 5689 250 81.6 globlastp 2619 MGP21banana|14v1|MAGEN2012021585_P1 5690 250 81.4 globlastp 2620 MGP21tabernaemontana|11v1|SRR098689X100113XX1 5691 250 81.4 globlastp 2621MGP21 amorphophallus|11v2|SRR089351X187736_P1 5692 250 81.2 globlastp2622 MGP21 pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X194589_P1 5693 250 81.2 globlastp2623 MGP21 poppy|11v1|SRR030259.12349_P1 5694 250 81.2 globlastp 2624MGP21 carrot|14v1|BSS11K19C12642_P1 5695 250 81 globlastp 2625 MGP21coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1260625_P1 5696 250 81 globlastp 2626 MGP21cacao|13v1|DQ448874_P1 5697 250 81 globlastp 2627 MGP21gossypium_raimondii|13v1|BE055710_P1 5698 250 81 globlastp 2628 MGP21clementine|11v1|EB684584_P1 5699 250 80.8 globlastp 2629 MGP21cotton|11v1|CO121922_P1 5700 250 80.8 globlastp 2630 MGP21orange|11v1|EB684584_P1 5701 250 80.8 globlastp 2631 MGP21parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C1018491_P1 5702 250 80.6 globlastp 2632 MGP21cotton|11v1|BE055710_P1 5703 250 80.6 globlastp 2633 MGP21pepper|14v1|BM062205_P1 5704 250 80.5 globlastp 2634 MGP21parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C725457_T1 5705 250 80.46 glotblastn 2635 MGP21parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C109380_P1 5706 250 80.4 globlastp 2636 MGP21oak|10v1|CU640047_P1 5707 250 80.4 globlastp 2637 MGP21vinca|11v1|SRR098690X134097 5708 250 80.4 globlastp 2638 MGP21prunus|10v1|CN492154 5709 250 80.31 glotblastn 2639 MGP21grape|13v1|GSVIVT01015472001_P1 5710 250 80.2 globlastp 2640 MGP21grape|13v1|GSVIVT01035769001_P1 5711 250 80.2 globlastp 2641 MGP21sesame|12v1|SESI12V1393399 5712 250 80.2 globlastp 2642 MGP21prunus_mume|13v1|SRR345675.70686 5713 250 80.12 glotblastn 2643 MGP21chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X116119D1_T1 5714 250 80 glotblastn 2644 MGP21bean|13v1|FG228562_P1 5715 250 80 globlastp 2645 MGP21olea|13v1|SRR014465X12818D1_T1 5716 250 80 glotblastn 2646 MGP21strawberry|11v1|SRR034859S0005033 5717 250 80 globlastp 2647 MGP23sorghum|13v2|BF585549 5718 252 95.3 globlastp 2648 MGP23maize|13v2|AW061912_P1 5719 252 95.2 globlastp 2649 MGP23foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X114058 5720 252 92.8 globlastp 2650 MGP23foxtail_millet|14v1|JK552921_P1 5720 252 92.8 globlastp 2651 MGP23switchgrass|12v1|FE616828 5721 252 92.4 globlastp 2652 MGP23switchgrass|12v1|FE613379 5722 252 92 globlastp 2653 MGP23echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X182583D1_P1 5723 252 91.8 globlastp 2654MGP23 millet|10v1|EVO454PM004626_T1 5724 252 91.15 glotblastn 2655 MGP23foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X106248 5725 252 90.5 globlastp 2656 MGP23foxtail_millet|14v1|JK590718_P1 5725 252 90.5 globlastp 2657 MGP23rice|13v2|C93585 5726 252 88 globlastp 2658 MGP23 sorghum|13v2|BG0506275727 252 87.3 globlastp 2659 MGP23 rye|12v1|DRR001012.124956 5728 25286.7 globlastp 2660 MGP23 wheat|12v3|BQ801661 5729 252 86.7 globlastp2661 MGP23 wheat|12v3|BQ240499 5730 252 86.6 globlastp 2662 MGP23rye|12v1|DRR001012.105326 5731 252 86.4 globlastp 2663 MGP23brachypodium|13v2|BRADI4G00730 5732 252 85.9 globlastp 2664 MGP23brachypodium|14v1|GT775119_P1 5732 252 85.9 globlastp 2665 MGP23rye|12v1|DRR001012.101341 5733 252 85.9 globlastp 2666 MGP23barley|12v1|BG344529_P1 5734 252 85.6 globlastp 2667 MGP23rye|12v1|DRR001012.108143 5735 252 81.06 glotblastn 2668 MGP23barley|12v1|BU986045_P1 5736 252 80.9 globlastp 2669 MGP25brachypodium|13v2|BRADI1G75450 5737 254 83.5 globlastp 2670 MGP25brachypodium|14v1|XM_003558779_P1 5737 254 83.5 globlastp 2671 MGP25switchgrass|12v1|FL689827 5738 254 81.1 globlastp 2672 MGP25switchgrass|12v1|FE606348 5739 254 80.3 globlastp 2673 MGP26switchgrass|12v1|FE627891 5740 255 90.5 globlastp 2674 MGP26switchgrass|12v1|FE632937 5741 255 90.3 globlastp 2675 MGP26foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X187820 5742 255 90 globlastp 2676 MGP26foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004961975_P1 5742 255 90 globlastp 2677 MGP26sorghum|13v2|CD431816 5743 255 89.1 globlastp 2678 MGP26sugarcane|10v1|CA147488 5744 255 88.1 globlastp 2679 MGP26brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G24910 5745 255 87.3 globlastp 2680 MGP26brachypodium|14v1|XM_003568370_P1 5745 255 87.3 globlastp 2681 MGP26barley|12v1|AV835303_P1 5746 255 86.4 globlastp 2682 MGP26maize|13v2|DW877026_P1 5747 255 85.1 globlastp 2683 MGP26maize|13v2|CK826875_P1 5748 255 84.6 globlastp 2684 MGP26sorghum|13v2|CF428718 5749 255 84 globlastp 2685 MGP26switchgrass|12v1|SRR187770.1014778 5750 255 82.8 globlastp 2686 MGP26rice|13v2|CI143684 5751 255 82.1 globlastp 2687 MGP26wheat|12v3|CK202250 5752 255 82.06 glotblastn 2688 MGP26wheat|12v3|CK195696 5753 255 81.85 glotblastn 2689 MGP26oat|14v1|SRR020741X121755D1_T1 5754 255 81.8 glotblastn 2690 MGP26wheat|12v3|CA617462 5755 255 81.7 globlastp 2691 MGP26rye|12v1|DRR001012.377283 5756 255 81.25 glotblastn 2692 MGP26oat|14v1|SRR020744X2229D1_P1 5757 255 80.6 globlastp 2693 MGP26wheat|12v3|AL825380 5758 255 80.6 globlastp 2694 MGP26brachypodium|14v1|BDJGIV2008681_P1 5759 255 80.4 globlastp 2695 MGP26oat|14v1|ASTE13V1K23C753101_P1 5760 255 80.4 globlastp 2696 MGP26oat|14v1|SRR020741X106434D1_P1 5761 255 80.4 globlastp 2697 MGP26brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G56970 5759 255 80.4 globlastp 2698 MGP26brachypodium|14v1|XR_138061_P1 5759 255 80.4 globlastp 2699 MGP26rye|12v1|BE704543 5762 255 80.4 glotblastn 2700 MGP27brachypodium|13v2|BRADI4G05300 5763 256 80.4 globlastp 2701 MGP27brachypodium|14v1|GT770421_P1 5763 256 80.4 globlastp 2702 MGP30brachypodium|14v1|XM_003575941_P1 5764 258 83.9 globlastp 2703 MGP30barley|12v1|BQ468900_P1 5765 258 83.1 globlastp 2704 MGP30maize|13v2|EE041826_P1 5766 258 81.2 globlastp 2705 MGP30brachypodium|13v2|BRADI1G46790 5767 258 81.07 glotblastn 2706 MGP30brachypodium|14v1|XM_003564116_T1 5768 258 80.89 glotblastn 2707 MGP30switchgrass|12v1|FL752785 5769 258 80.7 globlastp 2708 MGP30switchgrass|12v1|FL745120 5770 258 80.2 globlastp 2709 MGP33maize|13v2|W49460_P1 5771 259 89.7 globlastp 2710 MGP33switchgrass|12v1|DN143687 5772 259 85.3 globlastp 2711 MGP33echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X125954D1_P1 5773 259 85.2 globlastp 2712MGP33 echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X100661D1_P1 5774 259 84.4 globlastp2713 MGP33 foxtail_millet|13v2|EC613702 5775 259 83.7 globlastp 2714MGP33 foxtail_millet|14v1|EC613702_P1 5775 259 83.7 globlastp 2715 MGP33rice|13v2|U39603 5776 259 81.5 globlastp 2716 MGP33 wheat|12v3|BE4005155777 259 81.5 globlastp 2717 MGP33 oat|11v1|CN818001XX2 5778 259 80.8globlastp 2718 MGP33 fescue|13v1|DT680085_T1 5779 259 80.73 glotblastn2719 MGP33 lolium|13v1|AU247350_P1 5780 259 80.3 globlastp 2720 MGP34foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X112944 5781 260 88.2 globlastp 2721 MGP34foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004981997_P1 5781 260 88.2 globlastp 2722 MGP34switchgrass|12v1|FL693776 5782 260 87.4 globlastp 2723 MGP34switchgrass|12v1|FL707978 5783 260 87.4 globlastp 2724 MGP34millet|10v1|EVO454PM038129_T1 5784 260 87.02 glotblastn 2725 MGP34echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X217118D1_P1 5785 260 83.5 globlastp 2726MGP35 sugarcane|10v1|BQ533620 5786 261 98.5 globlastp 2727 MGP35maize|13v2|AI603703_P1 5787 261 95.7 globlastp 2728 MGP35millet|10v1|EVO454PM006333_P1 5788 261 95.6 globlastp 2729 MGP35switchgrass|12v1|DN143181 5789 261 95.3 globlastp 2730 MGP35switchgrass|12v1|DN147531 5790 261 94.8 globlastp 2731 MGP35echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X170168D1_P1 5791 261 94.5 globlastp 2732MGP35 foxtail_millet|14v1|EC613495_P1 5792 261 94.5 globlastp 2733 MGP35foxtail_millet|13v2|EC613495 5792 261 94.5 globlastp 2734 MGP35lovegrass|gb167|DN481848_P1 5793 261 91.8 globlastp 2735 MGP35rice|13v2|AA751791 5794 261 91.8 globlastp 2736 MGP35sorghum|13v2|AW671091 5795 261 91.3 globlastp 2737 MGP35echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X111230D1_P1 5796 261 90.7 globlastp 2738MGP35 brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G56030 5797 261 90.7 globlastp 2739 MGP35brachypodium|14v1|DV474678_P1 5797 261 90.7 globlastp 2740 MGP35switchgrass|12v1|SRR187765.258957 5798 261 90.7 globlastp 2741 MGP35switchgrass|12v1|DN148413 5799 261 90.4 globlastp 2742 MGP35echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X103900D1_P1 5800 261 90.1 globlastp 2743MGP35 maize|13v2|BG355384_P1 5801 261 90.1 globlastp 2744 MGP35foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X102337 5802 261 89.8 globlastp 2745 MGP35foxtail_millet|14v1|JK556035_P1 5802 261 89.8 globlastp 2746 MGP35echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X140301D1_T1 5803 261 89.5 glotblastn 2747MGP35 oat|14v1|GO595074_P1 5804 261 89.2 globlastp 2748 MGP35oat|14v1|GR321410_P1 5804 261 89.2 globlastp 2749 MGP35rice|13v2|AF378182 5805 261 89.2 globlastp 2750 MGP35flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.427356_P1 5806 261 89.2 globlastp 2751 MGP35flaveria|11v1|SRR149239.151497_P1 5806 261 89.2 globlastp 2752 MGP35leymus|gb166|EG375854_P1 5807 261 89 globlastp 2753 MGP35barley|12v1|BI949443_P1 5808 261 89 globlastp 2754 MGP35triphysaria|13v1|EY169717 5809 261 89 globlastp 2755 MGP35oat|14v1|CN817279_P1 5810 261 88.9 globlastp 2756 MGP35oat|11v1|CN817279 5810 261 88.9 globlastp 2757 MGP35oat|14v1|CN818403_P1 5810 261 88.9 globlastp 2758 MGP35banana|12v1|AF130251 5811 261 88.9 globlastp 2759 MGP35banana|14v1|AF130251_P1 5811 261 88.9 globlastp 2760 MGP35fescue|13v1|DT696580_P1 5812 261 88.9 globlastp 2761 MGP35flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.103790_P1 5813 261 88.9 globlastp 2762 MGP35flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.106623_P1 5814 261 88.9 globlastp 2763 MGP35plantago|11v2|SRR066373X105937_P1 5815 261 88.7 globlastp 2764 MGP35flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.117805_T1 5816 261 88.63 glotblastn 2765 MGP35coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K29C855983_P1 5817 261 88.6 globlastp 2766 MGP35cichorium|14v1|EH680019_P1 5818 261 88.6 globlastp 2767 MGP35lettuce|12v1|AF162206_P1 5819 261 88.6 globlastp 2768 MGP35echinacea|13v1|EPURP13V12555234_P1 5820 261 88.6 globlastp 2769 MGP35flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.481433XX1_P1 5821 261 88.6 globlastp 2770 MGP35guizotia|10v1|GE553301_P1 5822 261 88.6 globlastp 2771 MGP35millet|10v1|EVO454PM018151_P1 5823 261 88.6 globlastp 2772 MGP35sunflower|12v1|CF080554 5824 261 88.6 globlastp 2773 MGP35sunflower|12v1|DY945061 5824 261 88.6 globlastp 2774 MGP35oat|11v1|CN816652 5825 261 88.4 globlastp 2775 MGP35triphysaria|13v1|EY166297 5826 261 88.4 globlastp 2776 MGP35wheat|12v3|BE213261 5827 261 88.4 globlastp 2777 MGP35wheat|12v3|BE500460 5828 261 88.4 globlastp 2778 MGP35wheat|12v3|BF483838 5827 261 88.4 globlastp 2779 MGP35monkeyflower|12v1|GO964306_P1 5829 261 88.4 globlastp 2780 MGP35rye|12v1|DRR001012.102480 5830 261 88.4 globlastp 2781 MGP35rye|12v1|DRR001012.107173 5830 261 88.4 globlastp 2782 MGP35rye|12v1|DRR001012.11334 5830 261 88.4 globlastp 2783 MGP35rye|12v1|DRR001012.131061 5830 261 88.4 globlastp 2784 MGP35wheat|12v3|BE418005 5827 261 88.4 globlastp 2785 MGP35wheat|12v3|CA731570 5828 261 88.4 globlastp 2786 MGP35apple|11v1|CN494551_T1 5831 261 88.34 glotblastn 2787 MGP35chrysanthemum|14v1|DK937507_P1 5832 261 88.3 globlastp 2788 MGP35brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G24090 5833 261 88.3 globlastp 2789 MGP35brachypodium|14v1|DV487803_P1 5833 261 88.3 globlastp 2790 MGP35ginger|gb164|DY345757_P1 5834 261 88.3 globlastp 2791 MGP35sunflower|12v1|CD847711 5835 261 88.3 globlastp 2792 MGP35coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1164745_P1 5836 261 88.1 globlastp 2793 MGP35oat|14v1|CN816652_P1 5837 261 88.1 globlastp 2794 MGP35olea|13v1|SRR014464X66123D1_P1 5838 261 88.1 globlastp 2795 MGP35wheat|12v3|SRR043323X27090D1 5839 261 88.05 glotblastn 2796 MGP35banana|14v1|MAGEN2012002515_P1 5840 261 88 globlastp 2797 MGP35chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X102974D1_P1 5841 261 88 globlastp 2798MGP35 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X260477D1_P1 5841 261 88 globlastp2799 MGP35 pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1413728_P1 5842 261 88 globlastp2800 MGP35 rye|12v1|BE495892 5843 261 88 globlastp 2801 MGP35cotton|11v1|CO071333_P1 5844 261 88 globlastp 2802 MGP35ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.103087_P1 5845 261 88 globlastp 2803 MGP35banana|12v1|MAGEN2012002515 5840 261 88 globlastp 2804 MGP35cotton|11v1|CA993334_P1 5846 261 88 globlastp 2805 MGP35curcuma|10v1|DY391238_P1 5847 261 88 globlastp 2806 MGP35wheat|12v3|CA640404 5848 261 88 globlastp 2807 MGP35 wheat|12v3|CD9190385849 261 88 globlastp 2808 MGP35 wheat|12v3|CJ884647 5850 261 88globlastp 2809 MGP35 amaranthus|13v1|SRR039411X125306D1_P1 5851 261 87.8globlastp 2810 MGP35 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR525216X1214D1_P1 5852 26187.8 globlastp 2811 MGP35 eucalyptus|11v2|CB967649_P1 5853 261 87.8globlastp 2812 MGP35 artemisia|10v1|EY037407_P1 5854 261 87.8 globlastp2813 MGP35 sunflower|12v1|BU672090 5855 261 87.8 globlastp 2814 MGP35centaurea|11v1|EH734375_P1 5856 261 87.8 globlastp 2815 MGP35cephalotaxus|11v1|SRR064395X106196_P1 5857 261 87.8 globlastp 2816 MGP35gossypium_raimondii|13v1|CA993334_P1 5858 261 87.8 globlastp 2817 MGP35rye|12v1|BF145234 5859 261 87.8 globlastp 2818 MGP35triphysaria|13v1|SRR023500X107995 5860 261 87.8 globlastp 2819 MGP35tragopogon|10v1|SRR020205S0002522 5861 261 87.76 glotblastn 2820 MGP35chrysanthemum|14v1|CCOR13V1K19C1512860_P1 5862 261 87.5 globlastp 2821MGP35 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X101608D1_P1 5863 261 87.5 globlaslp2822 MGP35 cacao|13v1|CU481070_P1 5864 261 87.5 globlastp 2823 MGP35sesame|12v1|JK059020 5865 261 87.5 globlastp 2824 MGP35triphysaria|13v1|SRR023500X11699 5866 261 87.5 globlastp 2825 MGP35ambrosia|11v1|SRR346943.241097_T1 5867 261 87.46 glotblastn 2826 MGP35valeriana|11v1|SRR099039X142044 5868 261 87.46 glotblastn 2827 MGP35flaveria|11v1|SRR149244.129471_T1 5869 261 87.21 glotblastn 2828 MGP35potato|10v1|BE922234_P1 5870 261 87.2 globlastp 2829 MGP35tomato|13v1|BG134468 5871 261 87.2 globlastp 2830 MGP35aristolochia|10v1|SRR039082S0026801_P1 5872 261 87.2 globlastp 2831MGP35 cacao|13v1|FC072160_P1 5873 261 87.2 globlastp 2832 MGP35centaurea|11v1|EH753707_P1 5874 261 87.2 globlastp 2833 MGP35cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.1000554_P1 5874 261 87.2 globlastp 2834 MGP35cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.1000677_P1 5874 261 87.2 globlastp 2835 MGP35prunus_mume|13v1|DW341878 5875 261 87.2 globlastp 2836 MGP35solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHBG134468 5876 261 87.2 globlastp 2837 MGP35pepper|12v1|GD064098 5877 261 86.9 globlastp 2838 MGP35barley|12v1|BF629133_P1 5878 261 86.9 globlastp 2839 MGP35coffea|10v1|DV685589_P1 5879 261 86.9 globlastp 2840 MGP35dandelion|10v1|DY806919_P1 5880 261 86.9 globlastp 2841 MGP35clementine|11v1|CV885954_P1 5881 261 86.9 globlastp 2842 MGP35orange|11v1|CV885954_P1 5881 261 86.9 globlastp 2843 MGP35platanus|11v1|SRR096786X100155_P1 5882 261 86.9 globlastp 2844 MGP35triphysaria|13v1|SRR023500X11413 5883 261 86.9 globlastp 2845 MGP35prunus|10v1|CN494551 5884 261 86.7 globlastp 2846 MGP35cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.105633_P1 5885 261 86.6 globlastp 2847 MGP35distylium|11v1|SRR065077X100934_P1 5886 261 86.6 globlastp 2848 MGP35eggplant|10v1|FS022032_P1 5887 261 86.6 globlastp 2849 MGP35nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|EB677504_P1 5888 261 86.6 globlastp 2850MGP35 sequoia|10v1|SRR065044S0001805 5889 261 86.6 globlastp 2851 MGP35chrysanthemum|14v1|CCOR13V1K19C584400_P1 5890 261 86.3 globlastp 2852MGP35 soybean|13v2|GLYMA16G28310 5891 261 86.3 globlastp 2853 MGP35conyza|10v1|SRR035294S0000036_P1 5892 261 86.3 globlastp 2854 MGP35nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|BP747205_P1 5893 261 86.3 globlastp 2855MGP35 gossypium_raimondii|13v1|BF268473_P1 5894 261 86.1 globlastp 2856MGP35 onion|14v1|CF435208_P1 5895 261 86 globlastp 2857 MGP35lotus|09v1|LLAV415589_P1 5896 261 86 globlastp 2858 MGP35peanut|13v1|EE126296_P1 5897 261 86 globlastp 2859 MGP35poplar|13v1|BI068614_P1 5898 261 86 globlastp 2860 MGP35potato|10v1|BF053889_P1 5899 261 86 globlastp 2861 MGP35beech|11v1|SRR006293.10946_P1 5900 261 86 globlastp 2862 MGP35euphorbia|11v1|DV121804_P1 5901 261 86 globlastp 2863 MGP35ginseng|13v1|DV555769_P1 5902 261 86 globlastp 2864 MGP35onion|12v1|CF435208 5895 261 86 globlastp 2865 MGP35solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHBG123415 5899 261 86 globlastp 2866 MGP35taxus|10v1|SRRG32523S0000081 5903 261 86 globlastp 2867 MGP35amorphophallus|11v2|SRR089351X113001_P1 5904 261 85.8 globlastp 2868MGP35 cotton|11v1|BF268473XX2_P1 5905 261 85.8 globlastp 2869 MGP35sciadopitys|10v1|SRR065035S0022728 5906 261 85.8 globlastp 2870 MGP35cyclamen|14v1|B14ROOTK19C156122_P1 5907 261 85.7 globlastp 2871 MGP35pepper|14v1|CO907209_P1 5908 261 85.7 globlastp 2872 MGP35pepper|12v1|CO907209 5908 261 85.7 globlastp 2873 MGP35poplar|13v1|BU878945_P1 5909 261 85.7 globlastp 2874 MGP35aquilegia|10v2|DR916286_P1 5910 261 85.7 globlastp 2875 MGP35tomato|13v1|BG123415 5911 261 85.7 globlastp 2876 MGP35lupin|13v4|SRR520491.1018904_P1 5912 261 85.7 globlastp 2877 MGP35pigeonpea|11v1|GR472463_P1 5913 261 85.7 globlastp 2878 MGP35poppy|11v1|SRR030262.35304_P1 5914 261 85.7 globlastp 2879 MGP35strawberry|11v1|DY671211 5915 261 85.7 globlastp 2880 MGP35clover|14v1|BB917224_P1 5916 261 85.5 globlastp 2881 MGP35clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C287382_P1 5917 261 85.5 globlastp 2882MGP35 clover|14v1|ERR351507S23XK23C210554_P1 5918 261 85.5 globlastp2883 MGP35 abies|11v2|SRR098676X103016_P1 5919 261 85.5 globlastp 2884MGP35 amsonia|11v1|SRR098688X105944_P1 5920 261 85.5 globlastp 2885MGP35 cedrus|11v1|SRR065007X101257_P1 5921 261 85.5 globlastp 2886 MGP35pine|10v2|AW010749_P1 5922 261 85.5 globlastp 2887 MGP35blueberry|12v1|CV190758_T1 5923 261 85.42 glotblastn 2888 MGP35cyclamen|14v1|B14ROOTK19C52645_P1 5924 261 85.4 globlastp 2889 MGP35cyclamen|14v1|B3LEAFK19C111351_P1 5925 261 85.4 globlastp 2890 MGP35beet|12v1|BE590341_P1 5926 261 85.4 globlastp 2891 MGP35castorbean|12v1|EE256791 5927 261 85.4 globlastp 2892 MGP35castorbean|14v2|EE256791_P1 5927 261 85.4 globlastp 2893 MGP35ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.89631_P1 5928 261 85.4 globlastp 2894 MGP35chickpea|13v2|SRR133517.161221_P1 5929 261 85.4 globlastp 2895 MGP35cleome_spinosa|10v1|GR934468_P1 5930 261 85.4 globlastp 2896 MGP35medicago|13v1|AW695293_P1 5931 261 85.4 globlastp 2897 MGP35pea|11v1|AY093594_P1 5932 261 85.4 globlastp 2898 MGP35vinca|11v1|SRR098690X119970 5933 261 85.2 globlastp 2899 MGP35soybean|13v2|GLYMA20G30620 5934 261 85.1 globlastp 2900 MGP35bean|13v1|CA896765_P1 5935 261 85.1 globlastp 2901 MGP35nasturtium|11v1|SRR032558.106468_P1 5936 261 85.1 globlastp 2902 MGP35pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X14372_P1 5937 261 85.1 globlastp 2903 MGP35quinoa|13v2|SRR315568X181063 5938 261 85.1 globlastp 2904 MGP35vinca|11v1|SRR098690X108765 5939 261 85 globlastp 2905 MGP35spruce|11v1|ES262108 5940 261 84.9 globlastp 2906 MGP35quinoa|13v2|SRR315568X116134 5941 261 84.84 glotblastn 2907 MGP35arabidopsis|13v2|AT1G43670_P1 5942 261 84.8 globlastp 2908 MGP35cotton|11v1|AI725778_P1 5943 261 84.8 globlastp 2909 MGP35cowpea|12v1|FF537383_P1 5944 261 84.8 globlastp 2910 MGP35soybean|13v2|GLYMA10G36990 5945 261 84.8 globlastp 2911 MGP35arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|R64990_P1 5946 261 84.8 globlastp 2912 MGP35cannabis|12v1|GR221470_P1 5947 261 84.8 globlastp 2913 MGP35gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI725778_P1 5948 261 84.8 globlastp 2914 MGP35grape|13v1|GSVIVT01034516001_P1 5949 261 84.6 globlastp 2915 MGP35maritime_pine|10v1|SRR073317S0112065_P1 5950 261 84.6 globlastp 2916MGP35 pseudotsuga|10v1|SRR065119S0006124 5951 261 84.6 globlastp 2917MGP35 amaranthus|13v1|SRR039411X146682D1_T1 5952 261 84.55 glotblastn2918 MGP35 carrot|14v1|BSS10K19C121060_T1 5953 261 84.55 glotblastn 2919MGP35 parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C333527_T1 5954 261 84.55 glotblastn 2920MGP35 cassava|09v1|DV445162_P1 5955 261 84.5 globlastp 2921 MGP35oak|10v1|DN950074_P1 5956 261 84.5 globlastp 2922 MGP35chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X24384D1_P1 5957 261 84.3 globlastp 2923 MGP35bean|13v1|CB542773_P1 5958 261 84.3 globlastp 2924 MGP35catharanthus|11v1|SRR098691X100895_P1 5959 261 84.3 globlastp 2925 MGP35cleome_gynandra|10v1|SRR015532S0001488_P1 5960 261 84.3 globlastp 2926MGP35 sarracenia|11v1|SRR192669.118387 5961 261 84.09 glotblastn 2927MGP35 chrysanthemum|14v1|CCOR13V1K23C1593271_P1 5962 261 84 globlastp2928 MGP35 melon|10v1|AM722275_P1 5963 261 84 globlastp 2929 MGP35onion|14v1|CF436368_P1 5964 261 84 globlastp 2930 MGP35bean|13v1|CB539815_P1 5965 261 84 globlastp 2931 MGP35tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X141751 5966 261 84 globlastp 2932 MGP35watermelon|11v1|DQ641061 5967 261 84 globlastp 2933 MGP35cucumber|09v1|DQ641061_P1 5968 261 83.5 globlastp 2934 MGP35cucurbita|11v1|SRR091276X135772_P1 5969 261 83.4 globlastp 2935 MGP35thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|DN776897 5970 261 83.4 globlastp 2936MGP35 canola|11v1|EE411898_P1 5971 261 83.1 globlastp 2937 MGP35b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01AN79Q_P1 5972 261 83.1 globlastp 2938 MGP35b_oleracea|14v1|AY161288_P1 5973 261 83.1 globlastp 2939 MGP35b_oleracea|gb161|AM387331 5974 261 83.1 globlastp 2940 MGP35b_rapa|11v1|AY161288_P1 5971 261 83.1 globlastp 2941 MGP35canola|11v1|CN728724_P1 5972 261 83.1 globlastp 2942 MGP35b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01AWRYD_P1 5975 261 83.1 globlastp 2943 MGP35pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1091984_P1 5976 261 82.8 globlastp 2944 MGP35canola|11v1|BNU20179_P1 5977 261 82.8 globlastp 2945 MGP35b_juncea|12v1|E6ANDIZ01A2RP8_P1 5978 261 82.8 globlastp 2946 MGP35b_rapa|11v1|BNU20179_P1 5977 261 82.8 globlastp 2947 MGP35ceratodon|10v1|SRR074890S0006655_P1 5979 261 82.8 globlastp 2948 MGP35cucurbita|11v1|SRR091276X118561_T1 5980 261 82.8 glotblastn 2949 MGP35lupin|13v4|SRR520491.1011833_P1 5981 261 82.8 globlastp 2950 MGP35zostera|12v1|AM768662 5982 261 82.51 glotblastn 2951 MGP35b_oleracea|14v1|BNU20179_P1 5983 261 82.5 globlastp 2952 MGP35radish|gb164|EV565372 5984 261 82.5 globlastp 2953 MGP35tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X107123 5985 261 82.5 globlastp 2954 MGP35ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.107698_P1 5986 261 82.4 globlastp 2955 MGP35maritime_pine|10v1|SRR073317S0023450_T1 5987 261 82.27 glotblastn 2956MGP35 oat|14v1|ERR160119X122076D1_T1 5988 261 82.22 glotblastn 2957MGP35 euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X225329_P1 5989 261 82.2 globlastp 2958MGP35 pteridium|11v1|SRR043594X105298 5990 261 82.2 globlastp 2959 MGP35trigonella|11v1|SRR066194X188200 5991 261 82.2 globlastp 2960 MGP35physcomitrella|13v1|BI487880_P1 5992 261 82 globlastp 2961 MGP35spruce|11v1|ES852698 5993 261 82 globlastp 2962 MGP35chrysanthemum|14v1|CCOR13V1K23C1707250_T1 5994 261 81.92 glotblastn 2963MGP35 silene|11v1|SRR096785X252708 5995 261 81.92 glotblastn 2964 MGP35physcomitrella|13v1|BJ157670_P1 5996 261 81.7 globlastp 2965 MGP35pine|10v2|AW010114_P1 5997 261 81.7 globlastp 2966 MGP35heritiera|10v1|SRR005794S0006923_P1 5998 261 81.6 globlastp 2967 MGP35podocarpus|10v1|SRR065014S0006033_T1 5999 261 81.39 glotblastn 2968MGP35 cedrus|11v1|SRR065007X131355_T1 6000 261 81.34 glotblastn 2969MGP35 pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1664392_P1 6001 261 81 globlastp 2970MGP35 soybean|13v2|GLYMA08G19430 6002 261 81 globlastp 2971 MGP35flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.11384_P1 6003 261 81 globlastp 2972 MGP35clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C741643_P1 6004 261 80.8 globlastp 2973MGP35 clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C758412_P1 6005 261 80.5 globlastp2974 MGP35 medicago|13v1|AL386990_P1 6006 261 80.5 globlastp 2975 MGP35arnica|11v1|SRR099034X100297_P1 6007 261 80.5 globlastp 2976 MGP35flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.104395_P1 6008 261 80.2 globlastp 2977 MGP35pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X109409_P1 6009 261 80.2 globlastp 2978 MGP37foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350549X711117 6010 262 89.7 globlastp 2979 MGP37foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004975416_P1 6010 262 89.7 globlastp 2980 MGP37sorghum|13v2|CD228337 6011 262 87.4 globlastp 2981 MGP37sugarcane|10v1|CA074074 6012 262 87.4 globlastp 2982 MGP37foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X156265 6013 262 86.5 globlastp 2983 MGP37foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004966253_P1 6013 262 86.5 globlastp 2984 MGP37echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X136126D1_P1 6014 262 86.1 globlastp 2985MGP37 switchgrass|12v1|FE651728 6015 262 86.1 globlastp 2986 MGP37maize|13v2|AW055996_P1 6016 262 85.8 globlastp 2987 MGP37brachypodium|13v2|BRADI5G22340 6017 262 85.7 globlastp 2988 MGP37brachypodium|14v1|GT760670_P1 6017 262 85.7 globlastp 2989 MGP37millet|10v1|EVO454PM005485_P1 6018 262 85.7 globlastp 2990 MGP37rice|13v2|AJ238318 6019 262 85.2 globlastp 2991 MGP37 rice|13v2|AU0297276019 262 85.2 globlastp 2992 MGP37 switchgrass|12v1|FL732312 6020 26285.2 globlastp 2993 MGP37 maize|13v2|AI782948_P1 6021 262 84.8 globlastp2994 MGP37 barley|12v1|BF258535_P1 6022 262 83 globlastp 2995 MGP37rye|12v1|DRR001012.180497 6023 262 83 globlastp 2996 MGP37rye|12v1|DRR001012.2023 6024 262 83 globlastp 2997 MGP37wheat|12v3|BE414391 6025 262 82.1 globlastp 2998 MGP37oat|14v1|SRR020741X10670D1_P1 6026 262 81.2 globlastp 2999 MGP37brachypodium|13v2|SRR031797X208674 6027 262 80.7 globlastp 3000 MGP37lolium|13v1|SRR029311X10533_P1 6028 262 80.7 globlastp 3001 MGP37fescue|13v1|DT674622_P1 6029 262 80.4 globlastp 3002 MGP38foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004951354_P1 6030 263 98.9 globlastp 3003 MGP38foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X100752 6030 263 98.9 globlastp 3004 MGP38switchgrass|12v1|FL718210 6031 263 96.8 globlastp 3005 MGP38switchgrass|12v1|FE629382 6032 263 96.6 globlastp 3006 MGP38rice|13v2|AU095769 6033 263 94.3 globlastp 3007 MGP38sugarcane|10v1|CA142156 6034 263 92.24 glotblastn 3008 MGP38brachypodium|13v2|BRADI3G08430 6035 263 92.2 globlastp 3009 MGP38brachypodium|14v1|DV480252_P1 6035 263 92.2 globlastp 3010 MGP38wheat|12v3|BE406523 6036 263 90.8 globlastp 3011 MGP38maize|13v2|BM079493_P1 6037 263 88.4 globlastp 3012 MGP38echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X108924D1_P1 6038 263 86.2 globlastp 3013MGP38 millet|10v1|EVO454PM105325_P1 6039 263 86.2 globlastp 3014 MGP38fescue|13v1|DT686771_P1 6040 263 85.9 globlastp 3015 MGP38foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X122980 6041 263 85.9 globlastp 3016 MGP38foxtail_millet|14v1|JK577774_P1 6041 263 85.9 globlastp 3017 MGP38lolium|13v1|ERR246397S52418_P1 6042 263 85.9 globlastp 3018 MGP38sorghum|13v2|XM_002438539 6043 263 85.6 globlastp 3019 MGP38pineapple|14v1|DT337600_P1 6044 263 85.3 globlastp 3020 MGP38brachypodium|13v2|BRADI1G37770 6045 263 85.3 globlastp 3021 MGP38brachypodium|14v1|GT790814_P1 6045 263 85.3 globlastp 3022 MGP38rice|13v2|AU056904 6046 263 85.3 globlastp 3023 MGP38wheat|12v3|CA698690 6047 263 85.3 globlastp 3024 MGP38switchgrass|12v1|FE641982 6048 263 85.1 globlastp 3025 MGP38switchgrass|12v1|FL913880 6049 263 84.8 globlastp 3026 MGP38maize|13v2|DV532943_P1 6050 263 84.6 globlastp 3027 MGP38barley|12v1|BG299500_P1 6051 263 84.2 globlastp 3028 MGP38oat|14v1|GR330674_P1 6052 263 83.9 globlastp 3029 MGP38banana|14v1|MAGEN2012011637_P1 6053 263 82.5 globlastp 3030 MGP38banana|12v1|MAGEN2012011637 6053 263 82.5 globlastp 3031 MGP38oil_palm|11v1|SRR190698.232455_P1 6054 263 82.5 globlastp 3032 MGP38banana|12v1|MAGEN2012005113 6055 263 82.2 globlastp 3033 MGP38banana|14v1|MAGEN2012005113_P1 6056 263 81.9 globlastp 3034 MGP38banana|14v1|FF562173_P1 6057 263 81.3 globlastp 3035 MGP38banana|12v1|FF562173 6057 263 81.3 globlastp 3036 MGP38rice|13v2|BI806657 6058 263 81.3 globlastp 3037 MGP38coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1147353_P1 6059 263 81 globlastp 3038 MGP38echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X134931D1_P1 6060 263 81 globlastp 3039 MGP38foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X110797 6061 263 81 globlastp 3040 MGP38foxtail_millet|14v1|JK554067_P1 6061 263 81 globlastp 3041 MGP38brachypodium|14v1|GT760889_P1 6062 263 80.7 globlastp 3042 MGP38coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1462611_P1 6063 263 80.7 globlastp 3043 MGP38brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G05770 6062 263 80.7 globlastp 3044 MGP38fescue|13v1|GO838462_P1 6064 263 80.7 globlastp 3045 MGP38fescue|13v1|GO842714_P1 6064 263 80.7 globlastp 3046 MGP38lolium|13v1|LOLR13V11230814_P1 6064 263 80.7 globlastp 3047 MGP38oil_palm|11v1|SRR190698.205819_P1 6065 263 80.7 globlastp 3048 MGP38switchgrass|12v1|FL696442 6066 263 80.7 globlastp 3049 MGP38maize|13v2|BM895989_P1 6067 263 80.5 globlastp 3050 MGP38millet|10v1|EVO454PM002738_P1 6068 263 80.5 globlastp 3051 MGP38sorghum|13v2|AI724338 6069 263 80.5 globlastp 3052 MGP38banana|14v1|MAGEN2012025954_P1 6070 263 80.2 globlastp 3053 MGP38banana|12v1|MAGEN2012025954 6070 263 80.2 globlastp 3054 MGP38barley|12v1|BI954196_P1 6071 263 80.2 globlastp 3055 MGP38cenchrus|13v1|EB654673_P1 6072 263 80.2 globlastp 3056 MGP42rye|12v1|DRR001012.294558 6073 266 99.4 globlastp 3057 MGP42foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X311547 6074 266 89.9 globlastp 3058 MGP42rice|13v2|AU101185 6075 266 89.9 globlastp 3059 MGP42foxtail_millet|14v1|JK570560_P1 6076 266 89.6 globlastp 3060 MGP42sorghum|13v2|XM_002455976 6077 266 88.1 globlastp 3061 MGP42barley|12v1|AK250000_P1 6078 266 86.4 globlastp 3062 MGP42maize|13v2|T23299_P1 6079 266 86.1 globlastp 3063 MGP42echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X111623D1_P1 6080 266 82.1 globlastp 3064MGP42 foxtail_millet|13v2|GT090964 6081 266 82.1 globlastp 3065 MGP42foxtail_millet|14v1|GT090964_P1 6081 266 82.1 globlastp 3066 MGP42switchgrass|12v1|HO294407 6082 266 82 globlastp 3067 MGP42rice|13v2|U38033 6083 266 81.6 globlastp 3068 MGP42millet|10v1|EVO454PM001113_P1 6084 266 81.3 globlastp 3069 MGP42sorghum|13v2|AW676941 6085 266 81.3 globlastp 3070 MGP42sugarcane|10v1|CA078890 6085 266 81.3 globlastp 3071 MGP42cenchrus|13v1|EB660609_P1 6086 266 81 globlastp 3072 MGP42maize|13v2|T25262_P1 6087 266 81 globlastp 3073 MGP42rye|12v1|DRR001012.118906 6088 266 81 globlastp 3074 MGP42rye|12v1|DRR001012.291333 6088 266 81 globlastp 3075 MGP42wheat|12v3|BE417095 6088 266 81 globlastp 3076 MGP42 wheat|12v3|BE5859086088 266 81 globlastp 3077 MGP42 wheat|12v3|BJ288126 6088 266 81globlastp 3078 MGP42 wheat|12v3|SRR043323X76288D1 6089 266 81 globlastp3079 MGP42 brachypodium|13v2|BRADI4G01400 6090 266 80.7 globlastp 3080MGP42 brachypodium|14v1|DV486862_P1 6090 266 80.7 globlastp 3081 MGP42wheat|12v3|BE500570 6091 266 80.7 globlastp 3082 MGP42wheat|12v3|BQ838807 6091 266 80.7 globlastp 3083 MGP42oat|14v1|CN817280_P1 6092 266 80.1 globlastp 3084 MGP42barley|12v1|BQ461673_P1 6093 266 80.1 globlastp 3085 MGP42oat|11v1|CN817280 6092 266 80.1 globlastp 3086 RIN44cenchrus|13v1|EB656437_P1 6094 269 97.2 globlastp 3087 RIN44foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X113582 6094 269 97.2 globlastp 3088 RIN44foxtail_millet|14v1|JK578577_P1 6094 269 97.2 globlastp 3089 RIN44millet|10v1|EVO454PM068145_P1 6094 269 97.2 globlastp 3090 RIN44sorghum|13v2|BG357466 6095 269 96.8 globlastp 3091 RIN44sugarcane|10v1|CA072235 6096 269 96.3 globlastp 3092 RIN44switchgrass|12v1|DN141962 6097 269 96.3 globlastp 3093 RIN44maize|13v2|AI670288_P1 6098 269 95.9 globlastp 3094 RIN44switchgrass|12v1|FE658968 6099 269 95.9 globlastp 3095 RIN44barley|12v1|BG368569_P1 6100 269 93.5 globlastp 3096 RIN44brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G16480 6101 269 93.5 globlastp 3097 RIN44brachypodium|14v1|GT822260_P1 6101 269 93.5 globlastp 3098 RIN44foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X187469 6102 269 93.5 globlastp 3099 RIN44foxtail_millet|14v1|JK599077_P1 6102 269 93.5 globlastp 3100 RIN44maize|13v2|AI737144_P1 6103 269 93.5 globlastp 3101 RIN44maize|13v2|AI947316_P1 6102 269 93.5 globlastp 3102 RIN44oil_palm|11v1|EY408384_P1 6104 269 93.5 globlastp 3103 RIN44rice|13v2|BI811354 6102 269 93.5 globlastp 3104 RIN44rye|12v1|DRR001012.125467 6100 269 93.5 globlastp 3105 RIN44sorghum|13v2|AW565732 6102 269 93.5 globlastp 3106 RIN44sorghum|13v2|JGIV2SB13015821 6102 269 93.5 globlastp 3107 RIN44switchgrass|12v1|FL774425 6105 269 93.5 globlastp 3108 RIN44wheat|12v3|BE403841 6106 269 93.5 globlastp 3109 RIN44wheat|12v3|BF200766 6107 269 93.5 globlastp 3110 RIN44onion|14v1|SRR073446X102340D1_P1 6108 269 93.1 globlastp 3111 RIN44brachypodium|13v2|BRADI4G28130 6109 269 93.1 globlastp 3112 RIN44brachypodium|14v1|GT822827_P1 6109 269 93.1 globlastp 3113 RIN44lolium|13v1|AU251220_P1 6110 269 93.1 globlastp 3114 RIN44maize|13v2|AW289017_P1 6111 269 93.1 globlastp 3115 RIN44nuphar|gb166|CD473858_P1 6112 269 93.1 globlastp 3116 RIN44pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1387575_P1 6113 269 92.7 globlastp 3117 RIN44humulus|11v1|EX521431_P1 6114 269 92.7 globlastp 3118 RIN44thalictrum|11v1|SRR096787X104994 6115 269 92.7 globlastp 3119 RIN44onion|14v1|SRR573714X423152D1_P1 6116 269 92.6 globlastp 3120 RIN44aristolochia|10v1|SRR039082S0017353_P1 6117 269 92.6 globlastp 3121RIN44 eschscholzia|11v1|CD477198XX1_P1 6118 269 92.6 globlastp 3122RIN44 coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1228952_P1 6119 269 92.2 globlastp 3123RIN44 grape|13v1|GSVIVT01021143001_P1 6120 269 92.2 globlastp 3124 RIN44aquilegia|10v2|DR918986_P1 6121 269 92.2 globlastp 3125 RIN44centaurea|11v1|EH736291_P1 6122 269 92.2 globlastp 3126 RIN44chelidonium|11v1|SRR084752X101292_P1 6123 269 92.2 globlastp 3127 RIN44oat|11v1|GO591531 6124 269 92.2 globlastp 3128 RIN44poppy|11v1|SRR030262.76307_P1 6125 269 92.2 globlastp 3129 RIN44prunus|10v1|BU047796 6126 269 92.2 globlastp 3130 RIN44tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X122616 6127 269 92.2 globlastp 3131 RIN44nasturtium|11v1|SRR032558.127119_T1 6128 269 92.17 glotblasm 3132 RIN44onion|12v1|SRR073446X102340D1 6129 269 92.17 glotblastn 3133 RIN44amborella|12v3|FD430880_P1 6130 269 91.8 globlastp 3134 RIN44catharanthus|11v1|SRR098691X103140_T1 6131 269 91.71 glotblastn 3135RIN44 cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.1005447_T1 6132 269 91.71 glotblastn 3136RIN44 brachypodium|14v1|XM_003574385_P1 6133 269 91.7 globlastp 3137RIN44 carrot|14v1|BSS10K19C24581_P1 6134 269 91.7 globlastp 3138 RIN44carrot|14v1|BSS10K19C25795_P1 6134 269 91.7 globlastp 3139 RIN44carrot|14v1|JG758285_P1 6134 269 91.7 globlastp 3140 RIN44coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1067072_P1 6135 269 91.7 globlastp 3141 RIN44coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1427740_P1 6136 269 91.7 globlastp 3142 RIN44brachypodium|13v2|BRADI3G35100 6133 269 91.7 globlastp 3143 RIN44cacao|13v1|CU494180_P1 6137 269 91.7 globlastp 3144 RIN44cassava|09v1|DV448648_P1 6138 269 91.7 globlastp 3145 RIN44euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X170388_P1 6139 269 91.7 globlastp 3146 RIN44poppy|11v1|FG610924_P1 6140 269 91.7 globlastp 3147 RIN44prunus_mume|13v1|BU047796 6141 269 91.7 globlastp 3148 RIN44prunus_mume|13v1|SRR345674.48377 6142 269 91.7 globlastp 3149 RIN44prunus|10v1|CN863440 6142 269 91.7 globlastp 3150 RIN44solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHBG124266 6143 269 91.7 globlastp 3151 RIN44thalictrum|11v1|SRR096787X100103 6144 269 91.7 globlastp 3152 RIN44tomato|13v1|BG124266 6143 269 91.7 globlastp 3153 RIN44tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X119848 6145 269 91.7 globlastp 3154 RIN44wheat|12v3|BE402743 6146 269 91.7 globlastp 3155 RIN44kiwi|gb166|FG396819_P1 6147 269 91.3 globlastp 3156 RIN44arabidopsis|13v2|AT5G60860_P1 6148 269 91.3 globlastp 3157 RIN44lupin|13v4|SRR520490.318952_P1 6149 269 91.3 globlastp 3158 RIN44nasturtium|11v1|GH167405XX2_P1 6150 269 91.3 globlastp 3159 RIN44soybean|13v2|GLYMA13G24160 6151 269 91.3 globlastp 3160 RIN44strawberry|11v1|EX662545 6152 269 91.3 globlastp 3161 RIN44tabernaemontana|11v1|SRR098689X115741 6153 269 91.3 globlastp 3162 RIN44valeriana|11v1|SRR099039X100764 6154 269 91.3 globlastp 3163 RIN44euonymus|11v1|SRR070040X105477_T1 6155 269 91.24 glotblastn 3164 RIN44apple|11v1|CN855415_P1 6156 269 91.2 globlastp 3165 RIN44potato|10v1|CK266413_P1 6157 269 91.2 globlastp 3166 RIN44eucalyptus|11v2|CD668274_P1 6158 269 90.9 globlastp 3167 RIN44cyclamen|14v1|B14ROOTK19C112589_P1 6159 269 90.8 globlastp 3168 RIN44oat|14v1|GO591531_P1 6160 269 90.8 globlastp 3169 RIN44pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1132001_P1 6161 269 90.8 globlastp 3170 RIN44castorbean|12v1|GE633876 6162 269 90.8 globlastp 3171 RIN44castorbean|14v2|GE633876_P1 6162 269 90.8 globlastp 3172 RIN44coffea|10v1|DV675379_P1 6163 269 90.8 globlastp 3173 RIN44amsonia|11v1|SRR098688X103911_P1 6164 269 90.8 globlastp 3174 RIN44apple|11v1|CN897744_P1 6165 269 90.8 globlastp 3175 RIN44arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|BT005238_P1 6166 269 90.8 globlastp 3176 RIN44beech|11v1|SRR006293.1226_P1 6167 269 90.8 globlastp 3177 RIN44cassava|09v1|JGICASSAVA40676M1_P1 6168 269 90.8 globlastp 3178 RIN44chickpea|13v2|SRR133517.101669_P1 6169 269 90.8 globlastp 3179 RIN44cynara|gb167|GE592067_P1 6170 269 90.8 globlastp 3180 RIN44euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X146214_P1 6171 269 90.8 globlastp 3181 RIN44euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X217904_P1 6172 269 90.8 globlastp 3182 RIN44lupin|13v4|SRR520490.116862_P1 6173 269 90.8 globlastp 3183 RIN44papaya|gb165|EX266580_P1 6174 269 90.8 globlastp 3184 RIN44pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X113524_P1 6175 269 90.8 globlastp 3185 RIN44primula|11v1|SRR098679X82439_P1 6176 269 90.8 globlastp 3186 RIN44safflower|gb162|EL385522 6177 269 90.8 globlastp 3187 RIN44strawberry|11v1|CO380410 6178 269 90.8 globlastp 3188 RIN44tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X126146 6179 269 90.8 globlastp 3189 RIN44vinca|11v1|SRR098690X12359 6180 269 90.8 globlastp 3190 RIN44euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X402520_T1 6181 269 90.78 glotblastn 3191 RIN44chestnut|14v1|SRR006295X109531D1_P1 6182 269 90.4 globlastp 3192 RIN44blueberry|12v1|SRR353282X53440D1_P1 6183 269 90.4 globlastp 3193 RIN44clementine|11v1|CX638873_P1 6184 269 90.4 globlastp 3194 RIN44euphorbia|11v1|DV123215_P1 6185 269 90.4 globlastp 3195 RIN44ginseng|13v1|JK987379_P1 6186 269 90.4 globlastp 3196 RIN44grape|13v1|GSVIVT01014250001_P1 6187 269 90.4 globlastp 3197 RIN44humulus|11v1|EX517008_P1 6188 269 90.4 globlastp 3198 RIN44lotus|09v1|LLZ73956_P1 6189 269 90.4 globlastp 3199 RIN44nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|BP748717_P1 6190 269 90.4 globlastp 3200RIN44 oak|10v1|CU657667_P1 6191 269 90.4 globlastp 3201 RIN44oak|10v1|SRR006307S0042660_P1 6192 269 90.4 globlastp 3202 RIN44orange|11v1|CX638873_P1 6184 269 90.4 globlastp 3203 RIN44pepper|12v1|GD054316 6193 269 90.4 globlastp 3204 RIN44watermelon|11v1|AM724068 6194 269 90.4 globlastp 3205 RIN44oil_palm|11v1|SRR190698.262085_P1 6195 269 90.3 globlastp 3206 RIN44eucalyptus|11v2|CD668564_P1 6196 269 90 globlastp 3207 RIN44castorbean|14v2|XM_002522466_P1 6197 269 89.9 globlastp 3208 RIN44clover|14v1|BB907424_P1 6198 269 89.9 globlastp 3209 RIN44soybean|13v2|GLYMA12G14070 6199 269 89.9 globlastp 3210 RIN44apple|11v1|CN909644_P1 6200 269 89.9 globlastp 3211 RIN44bean|13v1|CA907878_P1 6201 269 89.9 globlastp 3212 RIN44beet|12v1|BQ590967_P1 6202 269 89.9 globlastp 3213 RIN44cacao|13v1|CU474236_P1 6203 269 89.9 globlastp 3214 RIN44castorbean|12v1|XM_002522466 6197 269 89.9 globlastp 3215 RIN44clementine|11v1|CB290326_P1 6204 269 89.9 globlastp 3216 RIN44clementine|11v1|CK933331_P1 6205 269 89.9 globlastp 3217 RIN44fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063689X101832_P1 6206 269 89.9 globlastp 3218 RIN44ginseng|13v1|JK988803_P1 6207 269 89.9 globlastp 3219 RIN44ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.221819_P1 6207 269 89.9 globlastp 3220 RIN44hornbeam|12v1|SRR364455.108711_P1 6208 269 89.9 globlastp 3221 RIN44lotus|09v1|LLAV419906_P1 6209 269 89.9 globlastp 3222 RIN44medicago|13v1|AL369389_P1 6210 269 89.9 globlastp 3223 RIN44nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|BP748550_P1 6211 269 89.9 globlastp 3224RIN44 nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|CN747661_P1 6212 269 89.9 globlastp3225 RIN44 pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X128996_P1 6213 269 89.9 globlastp3226 RIN44 plantago|11v2|SRR066373X111949_P1 6214 269 89.9 globlastp3227 RIN44 poplar|13v1|BI130112_P1 6215 269 89.9 globlastp 3228 RIN44soybean|13v2|GLYMA07G32420 6216 269 89.9 globlastp 3229 RIN44tobacco|gb162|EB425325 6217 269 89.9 globlastp 3230 RIN44zostera|12v1|SRR057351X116426D1 6218 269 89.9 globlastp 3231 RIN44olea|13v1|SRR014463X50337D1_P1 6219 269 89.5 globlastp 3232 RIN44tabernaemontana|11v1|SRR098689X102629 6220 269 89.5 globlastp 3233 RIN44pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X172487_T1 — 269 89.5 glotblastn 3234 RIN44clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C682970_P1 6221 269 89.4 globlastp 3235RIN44 onion|14v1|SRR073446X116375D1_P1 6222 269 89.4 globlaslp 3236RIN44 parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C1042116_P1 6223 269 89.4 globlastp 3237RIN44 soybean|13v2|GLYMA06G43830 6224 269 89.4 globlastp 3238 RIN44cassava|09v1|BI325245_P1 6225 269 89.4 globlastp 3239 RIN44cassava|09v1|DV448254_P1 6226 269 89.4 globlastp 3240 RIN44castorbean|12v1|EE256492 6227 269 89.4 globlastp 3241 RIN44cucumber|09v1|ES882990_P1 6228 269 89.4 globlastp 3242 RIN44fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063703X101421_P1 6229 269 89.4 globlastp 3243 RIN44ginseng|13v1|SRR547984.518463_T1 6230 269 89.4 glotblastn 3244 RIN44gossypium_raimondii|13v1|BG441743_P1 6231 269 89.4 globlastp 3245 RIN44melon|10v1|AM724068_P1 6228 269 89.4 globlastp 3246 RIN44olea|13v1|SRR014464X11215D1_P1 6232 269 89.4 globlastp 3247 RIN44orange|11v1|CK933331_P1 6233 269 89.4 globlastp 3248 RIN44peanut|13v1|SRR042413X11685_P1 6234 269 89.4 globlastp 3249 RIN44phyla|11v2|SRR099035X125740_P1 6235 269 89.4 globlastp 3250 RIN44poplar|13v1|BU889283_P1 6236 269 89.4 globlastp 3251 RIN44silene|11v1|SRR096785X106982 6237 269 89.4 globlastp 3252 RIN44triphysaria|13v1|DR174373 6238 269 89.4 globlastp 3253 RIN44tripterygium|11v1|SRR098677X119451 6239 269 89.4 globlastp 3254 RIN44chestnut|gb170|SRR006295S0049857 6240 269 89.1 globlastp 3255 RIN44clover|14v1|BB929132_P1 6241 269 89 globlastp 3256 RIN44clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C251077_P1 6242 269 89 globlastp 3257 RIN44clover|14v1|FY467422_P1 6241 269 89 globlastp 3258 RIN44vicia|14v1|HX905865_P1 6243 269 89 globlastp 3259 RIN44potato|10v1|BQ11861_P1 6244 269 89 globlastp 3260 RIN44ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.136483_P1 6245 269 89 globlastp 3261 RIN44antirrhinum|gb166|AJ558853_P1 6246 269 89 globlastp 3262 RIN44chickpea|13v2|SRR133518.35867_P1 6247 269 89 globlastp 3263 RIN44cotton|11v1|BG441743_P1 6248 269 89 globlastp 3264 RIN44ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.273217_P1 6249 269 89 globlastp 3265 RIN44ginseng|13v1|SRR547984.155139_P1 6250 269 89 globlastp 3266 RIN44medicago|13v1|AW686800_P1 6251 269 89 globlastp 3267 RIN44medicago|13v1|CO516239_P1 6252 269 89 globlastp 3268 RIN44oak|10v1|DB999247_P1 6253 269 89 globlastp 3269 RIN44olea|13v1|SRR014463X31537D1_P1 6254 269 89 globlastp 3270 RIN44onion|12v1|SRR073446X157918D1 6255 269 89 globlastp 3271 RIN44pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X118768_P1 6256 269 89 globlastp 3272 RIN44poplar|13v1|AI165923_P1 6257 269 89 globlastp 3273 RIN44solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHBG130400 6244 269 89 globlastp 3274 RIN44sunflower|12v1|DY916712 6258 269 89 globlastp 3275 RIN44cynodon|10v1|ES295359_T1 6259 269 88.94 glotblastn 3276 RIN44tea|10v1|GE652683 6260 269 88.94 glotblastn 3277 RIN44ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.244630_P1 6261 269 88.9 globlastp 3278 RIN44quinoa|13v2|SRR315568X173708 6262 269 88.9 globlastp 3279 RIN44triphysaria|13v1|EY010106 6263 269 88.6 globlastp 3280 RIN44vinca|11v1|SRR098690X123646 6264 269 88.6 globlastp 3281 RIN44vinca|11v1|SRR098690X12837 6265 269 88.6 globlastp 3282 RIN44amaranthus|13v1|SRR172675X355070D1_P1 6266 269 88.5 globlastp 3283 RIN44banana|14v1|DN238925_P1 6267 269 88.5 globlastp 3284 RIN44cichorium|14v1|CII14V1K19C484338_P1 6268 269 88.5 globlastp 3285 RIN44clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C141028_P1 6269 269 88.5 globlastp 3286RIN44 clover|14v1|ERR351507S29XK29C449701_P1 6270 269 88.5 globlastp3287 RIN44 parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C1071320_P1 6271 269 88.5 globlastp 3288RIN44 poplar|13v1|CV227529_P1 6272 269 88.5 globlastp 3289 RIN44abies|11v2|SRR098676X128016_P1 6273 269 88.5 globlastp 3290 RIN44arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|Z26553_P1 6274 269 88.5 globlastp 3291 RIN44artemisia|10v1|EY056271_P1 6275 269 88.5 globlastp 3292 RIN44bean|13v1|SRR001334X207446_P1 6276 269 88.5 globlastp 3293 RIN44cotton|11v1|AI726612_P1 6277 269 88.5 globlastp 3294 RIN44cotton|11v1|CO097896_P1 6278 269 88.5 globlastp 3295 RIN44cotton|11v1|CO493373XX1_P1 6279 269 88.5 globlastp 3296 RIN44euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X249351_P1 6280 269 88.5 globlastp 3297 RIN44ginseng|13v1|JK984149_P1 6281 269 88.5 globlastp 3298 RIN44ginseng|13v1|JK989019_P1 6282 269 88.5 globlastp 3299 RIN44ginseng|13v1|SRR547977.160198_P1 6281 269 88.5 globlastp 3300 RIN44ginseng|13v1|SRR547984.237965_P1 6283 269 88.5 globlastp 3301 RIN44gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI726612_P1 6279 269 88.5 globlastp 3302 RIN44nasturtium|11v1|SRR032558.144749_P1 6284 269 88.5 globlastp 3303 RIN44olea|13v1|SRR014464X48168D1_P1 6285 269 88.5 globlastp 3304 RIN44peanut|13v1|SRR042413X12435_P1 6286 269 88.5 globlastp 3305 RIN44pea|11v1|PEAGTPBP05_P1 6287 269 88.5 globlastp 3306 RIN44poplar|13v1|BU875572_P1 6272 269 88.5 globlastp 3307 RIN44soybean|13v2|GLYMA13G21850 6288 269 88.5 globlastp 3308 RIN44tomato|13v1|BG130400 6289 269 88.5 globlastp 3309 RIN44triphysaria|13v1|EY007784 6290 269 88.5 globlastp 3310 RIN44eschscholzia|11v1|SRR014116.8789_P1 6291 269 88.4 globlastp 3311 RIN44ipomoea_nil|10v1|BJ554870_P1 6292 269 88.2 globlastp 3312 RIN44pigeonpea|11v1|SRR054580X151815_T1 6293 269 88.13 glotblastn 3313 RIN44chrysanthemum|14v1|DK942011_P1 6294 269 88.1 globlastp 3314 RIN44cichorium|14v1|CII14V1K19S008828_P1 6295 269 88.1 globlastp 3315 RIN44cichorium|14v1|EH688741_P1 6295 269 88.1 globlastp 3316 RIN44cichorium|14v1|EH690674_P1 6295 269 88.1 globlastp 3317 RIN44cichorium|14v1|EH694727_P1 6296 269 88.1 globlastp 3318 RIN44chickpea|13v2|SRR133517.276056_P1 6297 269 88.1 globlastp 3319 RIN44cichorium|gb171|EH688741 6295 269 88.1 globlastp 3320 RIN44cichorium|gb171|EH694727 6296 269 88.1 globlastp 3321 RIN44cowpea|12v1|FG874691_P1 6298 269 88.1 globlastp 3322 RIN44euonymus|11v1|SRR070038X422494_P1 6299 269 88.1 globlastp 3323 RIN44lettuce|12v1|DW094381_P1 6300 269 88.1 globlastp 3324 RIN44lupin|13v4|V1NGGBUXD8B02FWGHY_P1 6301 269 88.1 globlastp 3325 RIN44maritime_pine|10v1|BX254888_P1 6302 269 88.1 globlastp 3326 RIN44olea|13v1|SRR014463X14267D1_P1 6303 269 88.1 globlastp 3327 RIN44pine|10v2|AW290599_P1 6302 269 88.1 globlastp 3328 RIN44spruce|11v1|ES663470 6304 269 88.1 globlastp 3329 RIN44thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|BQ079319 6305 269 88.1 globlastp 3330 RIN44trigonella|11v1|SRR066194X115522 6306 269 88.1 globlastp 3331 RIN44triphysaria|13v1|EY137777 6307 269 88.1 globlastp 3332 RIN44cucurbita|11v1|SRR091276X191554_T1 6308 269 88.02 glotblastn 3333 RIN44banana|12v1|DN238925 6309 269 88 globlastp 3334 RIN44phyla|11v2|SRR099037X140826_P1 6310 269 87.7 globlastp 3335 RIN44chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X107452D1_P1 6311 269 87.6 globlastp 3336RIN44 pineapple|14v1|ACOM14V1K19C1934134_P1 6312 269 87.6 globlastp 3337RIN44 amorphophallus|11v2|SRR089351X127074XX1_P1 6313 269 87.6 globlastp3338 RIN44 arabidopsis|13v2|AT3G15060_P1 6314 269 87.6 globlastp 3339RIN44 cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.122840_P1 6315 269 87.6 globlastp 3340RIN44 cleome_spinosa|10v1|GR934031_P1 6316 269 87.6 globlastp 3341 RIN44cotton|11v1|BQ404237_P1 6317 269 87.6 globlastp 3342 RIN44cryptomeria|gb166|BP175412_P1 6318 269 87.6 globlastp 3343 RIN44dandelion|10v1|DY826050_P1 6319 269 87.6 globlastp 3344 RIN44distylium|11v1|SRR065077X180981_P1 6320 269 87.6 globlastp 3345 RIN44flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.166836_P1 6321 269 87.6 globlastp 3346 RIN44flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.127553_P1 6321 269 87.6 globlastp 3347 RIN44gossypium_raimondii|13v1|BQ404237_P1 6317 269 87.6 globlastp 3348 RIN44gossypium_raimondii|13v1|SRR278711.420563_P1 6322 269 87.6 globlastp3349 RIN44 lupin|13v4|SRR520491.1111857_P1 6323 269 87.6 globlastp 3350RIN44 phalaenopsis|11v1|CK856700_P1 6324 269 87.6 globlastp 3351 RIN44pseudotsuga|10v1|SRR065119S0002306 6325 269 87.6 globlastp 3352 RIN44sequoia|10v1|SRR065044S0059550 6326 269 87.6 globlastp 3353 RIN44silene|11v1|GH293699 6327 269 87.6 globlastp 3354 RIN44utricularia|11v1|SRR094438.113223 6328 269 87.6 globlastp 3355 RIN44oat|14v1|SRR020741X282931D1_T1 6329 269 87.56 glotblastn 3356 RIN44ginseng|13v1|SRR547986.103026_T1 6330 269 87.56 glotblastn 3357 RIN44onion|12v1|SRR073446X116375D1 6331 269 87.56 glotblastn 3358 RIN44sarracenia|11v1|SRR192669.137369 6332 269 87.56 glotblastn 3359 RIN44taxus|10v1|SRR032523S0003180 6333 269 87.39 glotblastn 3360 RIN44parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C676527_P1 6334 269 87.2 globlastp 3361 RIN44cephalotaxus|11v1|SRR064395X129589_P1 6335 269 87.2 globlastp 3362 RIN44cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.124898_P1 6336 269 87.2 globlastp 3363 RIN44conyza|10v1|SRR035294S0009339_P1 6337 269 87.2 globlastp 3364 RIN44cotton|11v1|CO085845_P1 6338 269 87.2 globlastp 3365 RIN44flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.25218_P1 6339 269 87.2 globlastp 3366 RIN44monkeyflower|12v1|DV208485_P1 6340 269 87.2 globlastp 3367 RIN44monkeyflower|12v1|SRR037228.172037_P1 6341 269 87.2 globlastp 3368 RIN44nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|TOBNTRAB_P1 6342 269 87.2 globlastp 3369RIN44 olea|13v1|SRR014465X17726D1_P1 6343 269 87.2 globlastp 3370 RIN44sciadopitys|10v1|SRR065035S0025411 6344 269 87.2 globlastp 3371 RIN44soybean|13v2|GLYMA10G08020 6345 269 87.2 globlastp 3372 RIN44thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|BQ079319 6346 269 87.2 globlastp 3373RIN44 tobacco|gb162|EB424864 6342 269 87.2 globlastp 3374 RIN44tobacco|gb162|TOBNTRAB 6342 269 87.2 globlastp 3375 RIN44banana|14v1|FF561534_P1 6347 269 87.1 globlastp 3376 RIN44chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X1574D1_P1 6348 269 87.1 globlastp 3377RIN44 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X323279D1_P1 6349 269 87.1 globlastp3378 RIN44 fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063689X155852_T1 6350 269 87.1 glotblastn3379 RIN44 nasturtium|11v1|SRR032558.170381_T1 6351 269 87.1 glotblastn3380 RIN44 amsonia|11v1|SRR098688X138096_P1 6352 269 86.8 globlastp 3381RIN44 catharanthus|11v1|EG558757_P1 6353 269 86.8 globlastp 3382 RIN44nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|EB424864_P1 6354 269 86.8 globlastp 3383RIN44 centaurea|11v1|EH748535_P1 6355 269 86.7 globlastp 3384 RIN44centaurea|11v1|SRR346938.108282_P1 6355 269 86.7 globlastp 3385 RIN44centaurea|11v1|SRR346940.101987_P1 6355 269 86.7 globlastp 3386 RIN44cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.1000433_P1 6355 269 86.7 globlastp 3387 RIN44podocarpus|10v1|SRR065014S0008395_P1 6356 269 86.7 globlastp 3388 RIN44beech|11v1|SRR006293.27171_T1 6357 269 86.64 glotblastn 3389 RIN44artemisia|10v1|EY079320_P1 6358 269 86.6 globlastp 3390 RIN44gnetum|10v1|SRR064399S0012938_P1 6359 269 86.3 globlastp 3391 RIN44orobanche|10v1|SRR023189S0008569_P1 6360 269 86.3 globlastp 3392 RIN44potato|10v1|BF153993_P1 6361 269 86.3 globlastp 3393 RIN44tomato|13v1|BG131899 6361 269 86.3 globlastp 3394 RIN44carrot|14v1|BSS11K19C172899_P1 6362 269 86.2 globlastp 3395 RIN44cichorium|14v1|EH673219_P1 6363 269 86.2 globlastp 3396 RIN44parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C442218_P1 6364 269 86.2 globlastp 3397 RIN44vicia|14v1|Z29591_P1 6365 269 86.2 globlastp 3398 RIN44banana|12v1|FF561534 6366 269 86.2 globlastp 3399 RIN44cichorium|gb171|EH693037 6363 269 86.2 globlastp 3400 RIN44cucumber|09v1|BGI454H0179518_P1 6367 269 86.2 globlastp 3401 RIN44eucalyptus|11v2|JGIEG031078_P1 6368 269 86.2 globlastp 3402 RIN44flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.81238_P1 6369 269 86.2 globlastp 3403 RIN44monkeyflower|12v1|GO978979_P1 6370 269 86.2 globlastp 3404 RIN44sunflower|12v1|CX947515 6371 269 86.2 globlastp 3405 RIN44watermelon|11v1|SRR057380.179518 6372 269 86.2 globlastp 3406 RIN44zostera|12v1|AM766720 6373 269 86.2 globlastp 3407 RIN44dandelion|10v1|DR401467_T1 6374 269 86.18 glotblastn 3408 RIN44flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.78800_T1 6375 269 86.18 glotblastn 3409 RIN44carrot|14v1|JG765323_P1 6376 269 85.8 globlastp 3410 RIN44ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.376902_P1 6377 269 85.8 globlastp 3411 RIN44b_rapa|11v1|H07383_P1 6378 269 85.8 globlastp 3412 RIN44banana|12v1|MAGEN2012003585 6379 269 85.8 globlastp 3413 RIN44eggplant|10v1|FS049994_P1 6380 269 85.8 globlastp 3414 RIN44eucalyptus|11v2|JGIEG030153_P1 6381 269 85.8 globlastp 3415 RIN44solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHBG131899 6382 269 85.8 globlastp 3416 RIN44b_oleracea|14v1|EV194378_T1 6383 269 85.78 glotblastn 3417 RIN44ambrosia|11v1|SRR346946.127470_T1 6384 269 85.71 glotblastn 3418 RIN44flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.295375_T1 6385 269 85.71 glotblastn 3419 RIN44banana|14v1|ES432735_P1 6386 269 85.7 globlastp 3420 RIN44banana|14v1|MAGEN2012026350_P1 6387 269 85.7 globlastp 3421 RIN44carrot|14v1|BSS8K19C102243_P1 6388 269 85.7 globlastp 3422 RIN44phalaenopsis|11v1|SRR125771.14025640_P1 6389 269 85.7 globlastp 3423RIN44 silene|11v1|SRR096785X10278 6390 269 85.7 globlastp 3424 RIN44b_oleracea|14v1|EVG19430_P1 6391 269 85.4 globlastp 3425 RIN44b_rapa|11v1|ES981511_P1 6392 269 85.4 globlastp 3426 RIN44canola|11v1|EV019430_P1 6391 269 85.4 globlastp 3427 RIN44banana|14v1|MAGEN2012003585_P1 6393 269 85.3 globlastp 3428 RIN44carrot|14v1|BSS11K19C104965_P1 6394 269 85.3 globlastp 3429 RIN44ambrosia|11v1|SRR346943.100711_P1 6395 269 85.3 globlastp 3430 RIN44artemisia|10v1|EY110208_P1 6396 269 85.3 globlastp 3431 RIN44artemisia|10v1|SRR019254S0247451_P1 6397 269 85.3 globlastp 3432 RIN44banana|12v1|ES432735 6398 269 85.3 globlastp 3433 RIN44bean|13v1|EX305072_P1 6399 269 85.3 globlastp 3434 RIN44grape|13v1|GSVIVT01020651001_P1 6400 269 85.3 globlastp 3435 RIN44silene|11v1|SRR096785X128629 6401 269 85.3 globlastp 3436 RIN44sunflower|12v1|DY915288 6402 269 85.3 globlastp 3437 RIN44tragopogon|10v1|SRR020205S0042841 6403 269 85.3 globlastp 3438 RIN44amaranthus|13v1|SRR039411X156152D1_T1 6404 269 85.25 glotblastn 3439RIN44 ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.119605_T1 6405 269 85.25 glotblastn 3440RIN44 flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.111836_T1 6406 269 85.25 glotblastn 3441RIN44 chrysanthemum|14v1|CCOR13V1K23C430131_P1 6407 269 84.9 globlastp3442 RIN44 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X100322D1_P1 6407 269 84.9globlastp 3443 RIN44 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR290491X335873D1_P1 6407 26984.9 globlastp 3444 RIN44 chrysanthemum|14v1|SRR525216X18089D1_P1 6408269 84.9 globlastp 3445 RIN44 cichorium|14v1|DT211198_P1 6409 269 84.9globlastp 3446 RIN44 parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C206925_P1 6410 269 84.9globlastp 3447 RIN44 ambrosia|11v1|SRR346943.102476_P1 6411 269 84.9globlastp 3448 RIN44 centaurea|11v1|EH734462_P1 6412 269 84.9 globlastp3449 RIN44 cynara|gb167|GE603226_P1 6413 269 84.9 globlastp 3450 RIN44flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.127289_P1 6414 269 84.9 globlastp 3451 RIN44banana|12v1|MAGEN2012026350 6415 269 84.8 globlastp 3452 RIN44curcuma|10v1|DY385358_P1 6416 269 84.8 globlastp 3453 RIN44sugarcane|10v1|CA084788 6417 269 84.79 glotblastn 3454 RIN44b_oleracea|14v1|EE442663_P1 6418 269 84.5 globlastp 3455 RIN44pepper|14v1|GD056255_P1 6419 269 84.5 globlastp 3456 RIN44b_rapa|11v1|GR452784_P1 6420 269 84.5 globlastp 3457 RIN44cichorium|14v1|CII14V1K19C664563_P1 6421 269 84.4 globlastp 3458 RIN44petunia|gb171|DW177184_P1 6422 269 84.4 globlastp 3459 RIN44arnica|11v1|SRR099034X115667_P1 6423 269 84.4 globlastp 3460 RIN44arnica|11v1|SRR099034X126737_P1 6424 269 84.4 globlastp 3461 RIN44centaurea|11v1|EH752311_P1 6425 269 84.4 globlastp 3462 RIN44cichorium|gb171|DT211198 6421 269 84.4 globlastp 3463 RIN44cirsium|11v1|SRR346952.1045901_P1 6425 269 84.4 globlastp 3464 RIN44fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063689X107361_P1 6426 269 84.4 globlastp 3465 RIN44flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.265009_P1 6427 269 84.4 globlastp 3466 RIN44flaveria|11v1|SRR149241.118833_P1 6428 269 84.4 globlastp 3467 RIN44lettuce|12v1|BQ988212_P1 6429 269 84.4 globlastp 3468 RIN44sesame|12v1|SESI12V1285236 6430 269 84.4 globlastp 3469 RIN44sunflower|12v1|EL426528 6431 269 84.4 globlastp 3470 RIN44flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.21834_T1 6432 269 84.33 glotblastn 3471 RIN44banana|14v1|FL661351_P1 6433 269 84.3 globlastp 3472 RIN44echinochloa|14v1|SRR522894X264423D1_P1 6434 269 84.3 globlastp 3473RIN44 banana|12v1|FL661351 6433 269 84.3 globlastp 3474 RIN44b_oleracea|14v1|AM385714_P1 6435 269 84 globlastp 3475 RIN44arabidopsis|13v2|AT1G28550_P1 6436 269 84 globlastp 3476 RIN44pepper|12v1|GD056255 6437 269 84 globlastp 3477 RIN44radish|gb164|EX746923 6438 269 84 globlastp 3478 RIN44dandelion|10v1|DY805517_P1 6439 269 83.9 globlastp 3479 RIN44fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063689X11756_P1 6440 269 83.9 globlastp 3480 RIN44flaveria|11v1|SRR149229.301696_P1 6441 269 83.9 globlastp 3481 RIN44sunflower|12v1|DY904808 6442 269 83.9 globlastp 3482 RIN44valeriana|11v1|SRR099039X11149 6443 269 83.9 globlastp 3483 RIN44euphorbia|11v1|DV126875_P1 6444 269 83.8 globlastp 3484 RIN44arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|DQ056467_P1 6445 269 83.6 globlastp 3485 RIN44b_rapa|11v1|CD822268_P1 6446 269 83.6 globlastp 3486 RIN44b_rapa|11v1|E6ANDIZ01EHD0P_P1 6447 269 83.6 globlastp 3487 RIN44thellumgiella_halophilum|13v1|EHJGI11006167 6445 269 83.6 globlastp 3488RIN44 arnica|11v1|SRR099034X146027_P1 6448 269 83.5 globlastp 3489 RIN44flaveria|11v1|SRR149232.121675_P1 6449 269 83.5 globlastp 3490 RIN44kiwi|gb166|FG421856_P1 6450 269 83.5 globlastp 3491 RIN44spikemoss|gb165|DN838839 6451 269 83.5 globlastp 3492 RIN44sunflower|12v1|CD851540 6452 269 83.5 globlastp 3493 RIN44sunflower|12v1|SRR346950X163545 6452 269 83.5 globlastp 3494 RIN44banana|12v1|MAGEN2012005906P1 6453 269 83.4 globlastp 3495 RIN44arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|DQ446594_P1 6454 269 83.1 globlastp 3496 RIN44arabidopsis|13v2|AT2G33870_P1 6454 269 83.1 globlastp 3497 RIN44canola|11v1|EE453825_P1 6455 269 83.1 globlastp 3498 RIN44olea|13v1|SRR014463X12029D1_P1 6456 269 83.1 globlastp 3499 RIN44pepper|14v1|GD092092_P1 6457 269 83 globlastp 3500 RIN44cotton|11v1|SRR032367.171510_P1 6458 269 83 globlastp 3501 RIN44fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063703X1286_P1 6459 269 83 globlastp 3502 RIN44gossypium_raimondii|13v1|GRJGIV8003391_P1 6458 269 83 globlastp 3503RIN44 nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|NB12v1CRP023728_P1 6460 269 83globlastp 3504 RIN44 nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|NB12v1CRP057290_P1 6461269 83 globlastp 3505 RIN44 solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHBG136292 6462 269 83globlastp 3506 RIN44 petunia|gb171|DC241142_T1 6463 269 82.95 glotblastn3507 RIN44 banana|14v1|MAGEN2012012212_P1 6464 269 82.9 globlastp 3508RIN44 spurge|gb161|DV126875 6465 269 82.9 globlastp 3509 RIN44antirrhinum|gb166|AJ789317_P1 6466 269 82.6 globlastp 3510 RIN44marchantia|gb166|AB288008_P1 6467 269 82.6 globlastp 3511 RIN44phyla|11v2|SRR099035X35056_P1 6468 269 82.6 globlastp 3512 RIN44platanus|11v1|SRR096786X100315_P1 6469 269 82.6 globlastp 3513 RIN44pteridium|11v1|SRR043594X121968 6470 269 82.6 globlastp 3514 RIN44thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|EHJGI11000740 6471 269 82.6 globlastp 3515RIN44 thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|EP13V1CRP002155 6472 269 82.6globlastp 3516 RIN44 thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|EP13V1CRP011210 6473269 82.6 globlastp 3517 RIN44 tomato|13v1|BG136292 6474 269 82.6globlastp 3518 RIN44 millet|10v1|EVO454PM334086_P1 6475 269 82.5globlastp 3519 RIN44 parsley|14v1|BSS12K19C111946_P1 6476 269 82.4globlastp 3520 RIN44 peanut|13v1|SRR042415X44092_P1 6477 269 82.3globlastp 3521 RIN44 banana|14v1|MAGEN2012022553_P1 6478 269 82.1globlastp 3522 RIN44 ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.115765_P1 6479 269 82.1globlastp 3523 RIN44 ambrosia|11v1|SRR346935.261747_P1 6480 269 82.1globlastp 3524 RIN44 banana|12v1|MAGEN2012022553 6478 269 82.1 globlastp3525 RIN44 nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|CN747749_P1 6481 269 82.1globlastp 3526 RIN44 thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|SRR487818.114860 6482269 82.1 globlastp 3528 RIN44 radish|gb164|EV567048 6483 269 82globlastp 3529 RIN44 cyclamen|14v1|B14ROOTK19C163097_P1 6484 269 81.8globlastp 3530 RIN44 cotton|11v1|CO095695_P1 6485 269 81.7 globlastp3531 RIN44 ambrosia|11v1|SRR346949.110657_P1 6486 269 81.7 globlastp3532 RIN44 cedrus|11v1|SRR065007X106994_P1 6487 269 81.7 globlastp 3533RIN44 nicotiana_benthamiana|12v1|NB12v1CRP022550_P1 6488 269 81.7globlastp 3534 RIN44 podocarpus|10v1|SRR065014S0007246_P1 6489 269 81.7globlastp 3535 RIN44 pteridium|11v1|SRR043594X11265 6490 269 81.7globlastp 3536 RIN44 solanum_phureja|09v1|SPHBG626641 6491 269 81.7globlastp 3537 RIN44 fagopyrum|11v1|SRR063639X115478_P1 6492 269 81.6globlastp 3538 RIN44 spikemoss|gb165|DN839336 6493 269 81.53 glotblastn3539 RIN44 abies|11v2|SRR098676X108080_P1 6494 269 81.2 globlastp 3540RIN44 canola|11v1|EV164212_P1 6495 269 81.2 globlastp 3541 RIN44cedrus|11v1|SRR065007X108589_P1 6494 269 81.2 globlastp 3542 RIN44centaurea|11v1|EH762876_P1 6496 269 81.2 globlastp 3543 RIN44centaurea|11v1|EH764927_P1 6496 269 81.2 globlastp 3544 RIN44cephalotaxus|11v1|SRR064395X136513_P1 6497 269 81.2 globlastp 3545 RIN44gossypium_raimondii|13v1|DW504795_P1 6498 269 81.2 globlastp 3546 RIN44spruce|11v1|ES260868 6494 269 81.2 globlastp 3547 RIN44tomato|13v1|BG626641 6499 269 81.2 globlastp 3548 RIN44cucumber|09v1|AM738794_P1 6500 269 81 globlastp 3549 RIN44cucurbita|11v1|SRR091276X103886_P1 6501 269 81 globlastp 3550 RIN44arabidopsis|13v2|AT4G18800_P1 6502 269 80.8 globlastp 3551 RIN44arabidopsis_lyrata|13v1|T14100_P1 6503 269 80.8 globlastp 3552 RIN44b_rapa|11v1|EX067677_P1 6504 269 80.8 globlastp 3553 RIN44centaurea|11v1|EL931394_P1 6505 269 80.7 globlastp 3554 RIN44maritime_pine|10v1|BX249423_P1 6506 269 80.7 globlastp 3555 RIN44pine|10v2|AI813071_P1 6506 269 80.7 globlastp 3556 RIN44pseudotsuga|10v1|SRR065119S0025298 6507 269 80.7 globlastp 3557 RIN44pteridium|11v1|SRR043594X10999 6508 269 80.7 globlastp 3558 RIN44spikemoss|gb165|FE507023 6509 269 80.7 globlastp 3559 RIN44coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C1025074_P1 6510 269 80.5 globlastp 3560 RIN44coconut|14v1|COCOS14V1K19C349621_P1 6511 269 80.5 globlastp 3561 RIN44gossypium_raimondii|13v1|GFXAY632360X1_P1 6512 269 80.5 globlastp 3562RIN44 phalaenopsis|11v1|SRR125771.1005309_P1 6513 269 80.5 globlastp3563 RIN44 thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|SRR487818.106136 6514 269 80.5globlastp 3564 RIN44 watermelon|11v1|AM738794 6515 269 80.5 globlastp3565 RIN44 melon|10v1|AM738794_T1 6516 269 80.45 glotblastn 3566 RIN44utricularia|11v1|SRR094438.115760 6517 269 80.45 glotblastn 3567 RIN44amorphophallus|11v2|SRR346501.178551_P1 6518 269 80.4 globlastp 3568RIN44 b_rapa|11v1|DY007433_P1 6519 269 80.4 globlastp 3569 RIN44cleome_gynandra|10v1|SRR015532S0026089_P1 6520 269 80.4 globlastp 3570RIN44 guizotia|10v1|GE557520_P1 6521 269 80.3 globlastp 3571 RIN44sciadopitys|10v1|SRR065035S0012141 6522 269 80.3 globlastp 3572 RIN44b_oleracea|14v1|EE550081_T1 6523 269 80.28 glotblastn 3573 RIN44b_oleracea|14v1|EX067677_T1 6524 269 80.28 glotblastn 3574 RIN44distylium|11v1|SRR065077X144105_T1 6525 269 80.28 glotblastn 3575 RIN44clover|14v1|ERR351507S19XK19C250651_P1 6526 269 80.2 globlastp 3576RIN44 canola|11v1|ES981511_P1 6527 269 80.2 globlastp 3577 RIN44thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|SRR487818.380245 6528 269 80.18 glotblastn3578 RIN44 cotton|11v1|DT563255XX1_P1 6529 269 80.1 globlastp 3579 RIN44aristolochia|10v1|SRR039082S0177578_P1 6530 269 80.1 globlastp 3580RIN44 cacao|13v1|CU503250_P1 6531 269 80.1 globlastp 3581 RIN44sunflower|12v1|EE649050 6532 269 80 globlastp 3582 LGB11pineapple|14v1|DT339529_P1 6533 270 84.1 globlastp 3583 LGB11phalaenopsis|11v1|CK856635_P1 6534 270 80.8 globlastp 3584 LGB11onion|14v1|SRR073446X304654D1_P1 6535 270 80.6 globlastp 3585 LGD7cleome_spinosa|10v1|SRR015531S0037929_T1 6536 272 82.25 glotblastn 3586LGA6 gossypium_raimondii|13v1|AI728967_P1 275 275 100 globlastp 3587LGA6 papaya|gb165|GFXEF645801X1_T1 6537 275 82.86 glotblastn 3588 LGA9cotton|11v1|SRR032367.533610_T1 — 276 97.9 glotblastn 3589 LGA9olea|13v1|SRR014464X40062D1_P1 6538 276 86.1 globlastp 3590 LGA9petunia|gb171|CV293159_P1 6539 276 85.3 globlastp 3591 LGA9cacao|13v1|CU505498_P1 6540 276 84.9 globlastp 3592 LGA9jatropha|09v1|GH295610_P1 6541 276 84.9 globlastp 3593 LGA9coffea|10v1|DV700377_P1 6542 276 84.8 globlastp 3594 LGA9cassava|09v1|CK643438_P1 6543 276 84.2 globlastp 3595 LGA9euphorbia|11v1|DV120163_P1 6544 276 82.9 globlastp 3596 LGA9spurge|gb161|DV120163 6545 276 82.8 globlastp 3597 LGA9utricularia|11v1|SRR094438.103956 6546 276 82.8 globlastp 3598 LGA9castorbean|14v2|T14863_P1 6547 276 82.2 globlastp 3599 LGA9castorbean|12v1|T14863 6547 276 82.2 globlastp 3600 LGA9clementine|11v1|CB291348_P1 6548 276 82.2 globlastp 3601 LGA9hevea|10v1|EC600080_P1 6549 276 82.2 globlastp 3602 LGA9orange|11v1|CB291348_P1 6548 276 82.2 globlastp 3603 LGA9thellungiella_parvulum|13v1|BY801935 6550 276 81.82 glotblastn 3604 LGA9phyla|11v2|SRR099035X107274_P1 6551 276 81.8 globlastp 3605 LGA9liriodendron|gb166|DT580185_P1 6552 276 81.8 globlastp 3606 LGA9thellungiella_halophilum|13v1|BY801935 6553 276 81.5 globlastp 3607 LGA9pepper|14v1|CA525422_P1 6554 276 81.4 globlastp 3608 LGA9pepper|12v1|CA525422 6554 276 81.4 globlastp 3609 LGA9chestnut|gb170|SRR006295S0044763 6555 276 81.12 glotblastn 3610 LGA9cleome_spinosa|10v1|GR934782_T1 6556 276 81.12 glotblastn 3611 LGA9cotton|11v1|DW499045_T1 6557 276 81.12 glotblastn 3612 LGA9gossypium_raimondii|13v1|DW499045_T1 6558 276 81.12 glotblastn 3613 LGA9beech|11v1|SRR006293.11390_T1 6559 276 80.42 glotblastn 3614 LGA9eucalyptus|11v2|CD669782_T1 6560 276 80.42 glotblastn 3615 LGA9radish|gb164|EV537754 6561 276 80.1 globlastp 3616 LGA9radish|gb164|EW735530 6561 276 80.1 globlastp 3617 LGA9radish|gb164|EX755332 6561 276 80.1 globlastp 3618 LGA9soybean|13v2|GLYMA03G31960 6562 276 80.1 globlastp 3619 LGA17maize|13v2|AI619115_P1 6563 277 98 globlastp 3620 LGA17maize|13v2|AI600525_P1 6564 277 97.7 globlastp 3621 LGA17foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X135549 6565 277 96.3 globlastp 3622 LGA17foxtail_millet|14v1|JK553133_P1 6565 211 96.3 globlastp 3623 LGA17switchgrass|12v1|FE611775 6566 211 95.7 globlastp 3624 LGA17switchgrass|12v1|FL914630 6567 211 88.44 glotblastn 3625 LGD1wheat|12v3|BE405478 6568 281 98.3 globlastp 3626 LGD1rye|12v1|DRR001012.147774 6569 281 97.7 globlastp 3627 LGD1barley|12v1|BF631209_P1 6570 281 97.3 globlastp 3628 LGD7b_rapa|11v1|CX273158_P1 282 282 100 globlastp 3629 LGD7canola|11v1|CN731556_P1 6571 282 98 globlastp 3630 LGD7b_oleracea|14v1|EE451543_P1 6572 282 91.2 globlastp 3631 LGD7radish|gb164|EV550854 6573 282 89.2 globlastp 3632 LGD8cowpea|12v1|FF383509_P1 6574 283 90.9 globlastp 3633 LGD10cowpea|12v1|FF546254_P1 6575 284 93.8 globlastp 3634 LGD10soybean|13v2|GLYMA06G17900 6576 284 90.1 globlastp 3635 LGD10soybean|13v2|GLYMA04G37150P1 6577 284 87 globlastp 3636 LGD10chickpea|13v2|SRR133519.127676_P1 6578 284 81.2 globlastp 3637 LGD14cichorium|14v1|DT213181_P1 6579 285 80.7 globlastp 3638 LGM7foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350549X114369 6580 286 86.1 globlastp 3639 LGM7foxtail_millet|14v1|XM_004953342_P1 6580 286 86.1 globlastp 3640 LGM16rye|12v1|DRR001012.110595 6581 287 82.6 globlastp 3641 LGM22rice|13v2|BI807358 6582 289 90.2 globlastp 3642 LGM23maize|13v2|CD936584_T1 6583 290 90.1 glotblastn 3643 MGP17rye|12v1|DRR001012.155499 6584 291 91.8 globlastp 3644 MGP18cacao|13v1|CU551482_P1 6585 292 90.6 globlastp 3645 MGP20brachypodium|13v2|BRADI1G06700 6586 293 85.1 globlastp 3646 MGP20brachypodium|14v1|DV474102_P1 6586 293 85.1 globlastp 3647 MGP34maize|13v2|AI586806_P1 6587 295 91.2 globlastp 3648 MGP34sugarcane|10v1|BU925676 6588 295 83.1 globlastp 3649 MGP42brachypodium|13v2|BRADI2G44530 6589 297 94.5 globlastp 3650 MGP42brachypodium|14v1|GT799139_P1 6589 297 94.5 globlastp 10 MGP22foxtail_millet|13v2|SRR350548X140046 191 251 83.23 globlastp 70 LGB5maize|13v2|CF629964 251 191 83.23 globlastp Table 179: Provided are thehomologous polypeptides (polyp.) and polynucleotides (polyn.) of thegenes for increasing abiotic stress tolerance, yield, growth rate,vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, biomass, nitrogen useefficiency, water use efficiency and fertilizer use efficiency genes ofa plant which are listed in Table 178 above. Homology was calculated as% of identity over the aligned sequences (global identity over theentire sequence). The query sequences were polynucleotide andpolypeptides depicted in Table 178 above, and the subject sequences areprotein and polynucleotide sequences identified in the database based ongreater than 80% global identity to the query nucleotide and/orpolypeptide sequences. Hom. = Homology; Glob. = Global; Algor. =Algorithm. Ident. = identity. “p.n.” = polynucleotide; “p.p.” =polypeptide.

The output of the functional genomics approach described herein is a setof genes highly predicted to improve ABST, yield and/or other agronomicimportant traits such as growth rate, vigor, biomass, growth rate, oilcontent, nitrogen use efficiency, water use efficiency and fertilizeruse efficiency of a plant by increasing their expression. Although eachgene is predicted to have its own impact, modifying the mode ofexpression of more than one gene is expected to provide an additive orsynergistic effect on the plant yield and/or other agronomic importantyields performance. Altering the expression of each gene described herealone or set of genes together increases the overall yield and/or otheragronomic important traits, hence expects to increase agriculturalproductivity.

Example 20 Gene Cloning and Generation of Binary Vectors for PlantExpression

To validate their role in improving yield, selected genes wereover-expressed in plants, as follows.

Cloning Strategy

Selected genes from those presented in Examples 1-19 hereinabove werecloned into binary vectors for the generation of transgenic plants. Forcloning, the full-length open reading frames (ORFs) were identified. ESTclusters and in some cases mRNA sequences were analyzed to identify theentire open reading frame by comparing the results of severaltranslation algorithms to known proteins from other plant species.

In order to clone the full-length cDNAs, reverse transcription (RT)followed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR; RT-PCR) was performed ontotal RNA extracted from leaves, roots or other plant tissues, growingunder normal/limiting or stress conditions. Total RNA extraction,production of cDNA and PCR amplification was performed using standardprotocols described elsewhere (Sambrook J., E. F. Fritsch, and T.Maniatis. 1989. Molecular Cloning. A Laboratory Manual, 2nd Ed. ColdSpring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York) which are well known to thoseskilled in the art. PCR products were purified using PCR purificationkit (Qiagen).

Usually, 2 sets of primers were prepared for the amplification of eachgene, via nested PCR (if required). Both sets of primers were used foramplification on a cDNA. In case no product was obtained, a nested PCRreaction was performed. Nested PCR was performed by amplification of thegene using external primers and then using the produced PCR product as atemplate for a second PCR reaction, where the internal set of primerswere used. Alternatively, one or two of the internal primers were usedfor gene amplification, both in the first and the second PCR reactions(meaning only 2-3 primers are designed for a gene). To facilitatefurther cloning of the cDNAs, an 8-12 base pairs (bp) extension wasadded to the 5′ of each internal primer. The primer extension includesan endonuclease restriction site. The restriction sites were selectedusing two parameters: (a) the restriction site does not exist in thecDNA sequence; and (b) the restriction sites in the forward and reverseprimers were designed such that the digested cDNA was inserted in thesense direction into the binary vector utilized for transformation.

PCR products were digested with the restriction endonucleases (NewEngland BioLabs Inc) according to the sites designed in the primers.Each digested/undigested PCR product was inserted into a high copyvector pUC19 (New England BioLabs Inc], or into plasmids originatingfrom this vector. In some cases the undigested PCR product was insertedinto pCR-Blunt II-TOPO (Invitrogen) or into pJET1.2 (CloneJET PCRCloning Kit, Thermo Scientific) or directly into the binary vector. Thedigested/undigested products and the linearized plasmid vector wereligated using T4 DNA ligase enzyme (Roche, Switzerland or othermanufacturers). In cases where pCR-Blunt II-TOPO is used no T4 ligase isneeded.

Sequencing of the inserted genes was performed, using the ABI 377sequencer (Applied Biosystems). In some cases, after confirming thesequences of the cloned genes, the cloned cDNA was introduced into amodified pGI binary vector containing the At6669 promoter (e.g., pQFNcor pQsFN) and the NOS terminator (SEQ ID NO: 6625) via digestion withappropriate restriction endonucleases.

Several DNA sequences of the selected genes were synthesized by GeneArt(Life Technologies, Grand Island, N.Y. USA). Synthetic DNA was designedin silico. Suitable restriction enzymes sites were added to the clonedsequences at the 5′ end and at the 3′ end to enable later cloning intothe desired binary vector.

Binary vectors—The pPI plasmid vector was constructed by inserting asynthetic poly-(A) signal sequence, originating from pGL3 basic plasmidvector (Promega, GenBank Accession No. U47295; nucleotides 4658-4811)into the HindIII restriction site of the binary vector pBI101.3(Clontech, GenBank Accession No. U12640). pGI is similar to pPI, but theoriginal gene in the backbone is GUS-Intron and not GUS.

The modified pGI vector (e.g., pQFN, pQFNc, pQYN_6669, pQNa_RP, pQFYN,pQXNc, pQ6sVN (FIG. 11) or pQsFN (FIG. 12)) is a modified version of thepGI vector in which the cassette is inverted between the left and rightborders so the gene and its corresponding promoter are close to theright border and the NPTII gene is close to the left border.

At6669, the new Arabidopsis thaliana promoter sequence (SEQ ID NO: 6614)was inserted in the modified pGI binary vector, upstream to the clonedgenes, followed by DNA ligation and binary plasmid extraction frompositive E. coli colonies, as described above. Colonies were analyzed byPCR using the primers covering the insert which were designed to spanthe introduced promoter and gene. Positive plasmids were identified,isolated and sequenced.

In case of Brachypodium transformation, after confirming the sequencesof the cloned genes, the cloned cDNAs were introduced into pQ6sVN (FIG.11) containing 35S promoter (SEQ ID NO: 6626) and the NOS terminator(SEQ ID NO: 6625) via digestion with appropriate restrictionendonucleases. The genes were cloned downstream to the 35S promoter andupstream to the NOS terminator. In the pQ6sVN vector the Hygromycinresistance gene cassette and the Bar_GA resistance gene cassettereplaced the NPTII resistance gene cassette. pQ6sVN contains the 35Spromoter (SEQ ID NO: 6626). Bar_GA resistance gene (SEQ ID NO: 6628) isan optimized sequence of the BAR gene for expression in Brachypodiumplants (ordered from GeneArt).

Additionally or alternatively, Brachypodium transformation was performedusing the pEBbVNi vector. pEBbVNi (FIG. 9A) is a modified version ofpJJ2LB in which the Hygromycin resistance gene was replaced with the BARgene which confers resistance to the BASTA herbicide [BAR gene codingsequence is provided in GenBank Accession No. JQ293091.1 (SEQ ID NO:6627); further description is provided in Akama K, et al. “EfficientAgrobacterium-mediated transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana using thebar gene as selectable marker”, Plant Cell Rep. 1995, 14(7):450-4;Christiansen P, et al. “A rapid and efficient transformation protocolfor the grass Brachypodium distachyon”, Plant Cell Rep. 2005 March;23(10-11):751-8. Epub 2004 Oct. 19; and Păcurar D I, et al. “Ahigh-throughput Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system for thegrass model species Brachypodium distachyon L”, Transgenic Res. 200817(5):965-75; each of which is fully incorporated herein by reference inits entirety]. The pEBbVNi construct contains the 35S promoter (SEQ IDNO: 6626). pJJ2LB is a modified version of pCambia0305.2 (Cambia).

In case genomic DNA was cloned, the genes were amplified by direct PCRon genomic DNA extracted from leaf tissue using the DNAeasy kit (QiagenCat. No. 69104).

TABLE 180 Cloned genes Primers used SEQ ID Polynucleotide PolypeptideGene Name High copy plasmid Organism NOs: SEQ ID NO: SEQ ID NO: LGA1_H4pMA-RQ_LGA1_H4_GA barley 6715, 6778, 6761, 6788 106 187 LGA17pUCsFN_LGA17 barley 6774, 6630, 6747, 6651 105 277 LGA2 pQFNc_LGA2barley 6797, 6673, 6805, 6668 102 183 LGA6 pUCsFN_LGA6 cotton 6809,6671, 6809, 6671 103 275 LGA9 pUCsFN_LGA9 104 276 LGB1 TopoB_LGB1 maize6811, 6663, 6811, 6666 107 278 LGB10 TopoB_LGB10 maize 6807, 6667, 6800,6665 113 279 LGB11 pMA_LGB11_GA maize 6762, 6781, 6773, 6780 114 196LGB14 pQsFN_LGB14 115 197 LGB15 pUCsFN_LGB15 116 198 LGB16 pUCsFN_LGB16rice 6753, 6652, 6735, 6644 117 199 LGB18_H2 TopoB_LGB18_H2 rice 6769,6820, 6769, 6820 118 280 LGB2 pUCsFN_LGB2 108 189 LGB4 pUCsFN_LGB4 rice6744, 6791, 6767, 6779 109 190 LGB5 pQFNc_LGB5 110 191 LGB8 pQsFN_LGB8sorghum 6752, 6639, 6752, 6656 111 193 LGB9 pMA-RQ_LGB9_GA sorghum 6659,6670, 6659, 6670 112 194 LGD1 TopoB_LGD1 119 281 LGD10 pQFNc_LGD10sorghum 6750, 6637, 6731, 6640 126 284 LGD11 pUCsFN_LGD11 sorghum 6650,6674, 6650, 6674 127 210 LGD12 pUCsFN_LGD12 tomato 6801, 6819, 6801,6819 128 211 LGD14 pUCsFN_LGD14 wheat 6732, 6775, 6716, 6784 129 285LGD15 pUCsFN_LGD15 SORGHUM Sorghum 6724, 6787, 6724, 6787 130 213bicolor LGD16 pMA-RQ_LGD16_GA 131 214 LGD17 pUCsFN_LGD17 BARLEY Hordeumvulgare 6794, 6675, 6808, 6676 132 215 L. LGD18 pUCsFN_LGD18 COTTONGossypium 6771, 6645, 6757, 6646 113 216 hirsutum LGD19 pMA-T_LGD19_GACOTTON Gossypium 6812, 6664, 6812, 6669 134 217 hirsutum LGD2pUCsFN_LGD2 RICE Oryza sativa L. 6712, 6815, 6713, 6816 120 203 LGD20pMK-RQ_LGD20_GA SORGHUM Sorghum 6793, 6707, 6793, 6707 135 218 bicolorLGD21 pUCsFN_LGD21 SORGHUM Sorghum 6738, 6691, 6738, 6692 136 219bicolor LGD23 pMA-T_LGD23_GA RICE Oryza sativa L. 6706, 6814, 6706, 6814137 220 LGD24 pUCsFN_LGD24 Maize 6729, 6703, 6768, 6698 138 221 LGD26pUCsFN_LGD26 SORGHUM Sorghum 6721, 6705, 6741, 6696 139 223 bicolor LGD3TopoB_LGD3 Maize 6719, 6701, 6733, 6695 121 204 LGD6 pUCsFN_LGD6 SORGHUMSorghum 6723, 6687, 6739, 6690 122 205 bicolor LGD7 pUCsFN_LGD7 123 282LGD8 pQFNc_LGD8 Maize 6765, 6693, 6760, 6704 124 283 LGD9 pUCsFN_LGD9125 208 LGM10 pUCsFN_LGM10 146 230 LGM11 pUCsFN_LGM11 Oryza sativaJaponica 6802, 6821, 6802, 6821 147 231 Group LGM12 pUCsFN_LGM12 sorghumbicolor 148 232 LGM13 pQsFN_LGM13 Zea mays 6725, 6636, 6725, 6636 149233 LGM14 pUCsFN_LGM14 Maize 6772, 6694, 6727, 6702 150 234 LGM15pUCsFN_LGM15 Maize 6759, 6786, 6746, 6776 151 215 LGM16 pUCsFN_LGM16 152287 LGM17 pUCsFN_LGM17 153 237 LGM18_H1 pMA-RQ_LGM18_H1_GA rice 6740,6777, 6813, 6783 158 243 LGM19 pUCsFN_LGM19 Gossypium barbadense 6734,6638, 6726, 6653 154 288 LGM2 pMA_LGM2_GA Oryza sativa Japonica 6803,6677, 6795, 6680 140 224 Group LGM21 pMA-T_LGM21_GA 155 240 LGM22pQFNc_LGM22 sorghum bicolor 6755, 6785, 6755, 6785 156 289 LGM23pQsFN_LGM23 sorghum bicolor 6714, 6634, 6751, 6699 157 290 LGM4pQsFN_LGM4 sorghum bicolor 6748, 6632, 6748, 6632 141 225 LGM5pUCsFN_LGM5 Barley 6683, 6686, 6683, 6686 142 226 LGM7 pUCsFN_LGM7Setaria italica 6745, 6661, 6743, 6647 143 286 LGM8 pMK-RQ_LGM8_GASetaria italica 6770, 6697, 6770, 6700 144 228 LGM9 pMK-RQ_LGM9_GASetaria italica 6796, 6685, 6804, 6684 145 229 MGP15 pQFNc_MGP15 Zeamays 6798, 6672, 6798, 6672 159 244 MGP16 pQFNc_MGP16 160 245 MGP17pQFNc_MGP17 WHEAT Triticum aestivum 6742, 6818, 6742, 6818 161 291 L.MGP18 pUCsFN_MGP18 Phaseolus vulgaris 6720, 6635, 6758, 6629 162 292MGP19_H1 pMA-RQ_MGP19_H1_GA Phaseolus vulgaris 6728, 6655, 6728, 6658179 267 MGP20 pUCsFN_MGP20 Brassica napus 6708, 6790, 6708, 6790 163 293MGP21 pUCsFN_MGP21 Medicago truncatula 6711, 6817, 6711, 6817 164 250MGP22 pQsFN_MGP22 Medicago truncatula 6749, 6633, 6749, 6633 165 251MGP23 pMA-RQ_MGP23_GA 166 252 MGP24 pMK-RQ_MGP24_GA Medicago truncatula6766, 6660, 6766, 6660 167 253 MGP25 pUCsFN_MGP25 Glycine max 6710,6631, 6736, 6643 168 254 MGP26 pUCsFN_MGP26 169 255 MGP27pMK-RQ_MGP27_GA TOMATO Lycopersicum 6709, 6689, 6722, 6688 170 256esculentum MGP28 pUCsFN_MGP28 171 294 MGP30_H3 pMK-RQ_MGP30_H3_GAGlycine max 6764, 6657, 6763, 6649 180 268 MGP33 pUCsFN_MGP33 172 259MGP34 pQFNc_MGP34 Solanum lycopersicum 6737, 6641, 6730, 6654 173 295MGP35 pMA-RQ_MGP35_GA Solanum lycopersicum 174 261 MGP38 pUCsFN_MGP38Phaseolus vulgaris 175 263 MGP39 pQFNc_MGP39 Arabidopsis thaliana 6799,6678, 6810, 6679 176 264 MGP40 pUCsFN_MGP40 Brasicca Juncea 6754, 6822,6754, 6822 177 296 MGP42 pQFNc_MGP42 Phaseolus vulgaris 6682, 6648,6681, 6642 178 297 RIN44 pQFNc_RIN44 Phaseolus vulgaris 6717, 6789,6717, 6789 181 269 Table 180. Cloned genes. Provided are the gene names,cluster names, organisms from which they were derived, andpolynucleotide and polypeptide sequence identifiers of selected genes ofsome embodiments of the invention. “GA”—Gene Art (synthetically preparedgene sequence).

Example 21 Transforming Agrobacterium tumefaciens Cells with BinaryVectors Harboring Putative Genes

The above described binary vectors were used to transform Agrobacteriumcells. Two additional binary constructs, having only the At6669 or the35S promoter, or no additional promoter are used as negative controls.

The binary vectors were introduced to Agrobacterium tumefaciens GV301 orLB4404 (for Arabidopsis) or AGL1 (for Brachypodium) competent cells(about 10⁹ cells/mL) by electroporation. The electroporation wasperformed using a MicroPulser electroporator (Biorad), 0.2 cm cuvettes(Biorad) and EC-2 electroporation program (Biorad). The treated cellswere cultured in LB liquid medium at 28° C. for 3 hours, then platedover LB agar supplemented with gentamycin (for Arabidopsis; 50 mg/L: forAgrobacterium strains GV301) or streptomycin (for Arabidopsis; 300 mg/L;for Agrobacterium strain LB4404); or with Carbenicillin (forBrachypodium; 50 mg/L) and kanamycin (for Arabidopsis and Brachypodium;50 mg/L) at 28° C. for 48 hours. Abrobacterium colonies, which weredeveloped on the selective media, were further analyzed by PCR using theprimers designed to span the inserted sequence in the pPI plasmid. Theresulting PCR products were isolated and sequenced to verify that thecorrect polynucleotide sequences of the invention are properlyintroduced to the Agrobacterium cells.

Example 22 Transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana Plants with thePolynucleotides of the Invention

Plant transformation—The Arabidopsis thaliana var Columbia (To plants)were transformed according to the Floral Dip procedure [Clough S J, BentA F. (1998) Floral dip: a simplified method for Agrobacterium-mediatedtransformation of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 16(6): 735-43; andDesfeux C, Clough S J, Bent A F. (2000) Female reproductive tissues werethe primary targets of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation by theArabidopsis floral-dip method. Plant Physiol. 123(3): 895-904] withminor modifications. Briefly, Arabidopsis thaliana Columbia (Col0) T₀plants were sown in 250 ml pots filled with wet peat-based growth mix.The pots were covered with aluminum foil and a plastic dome, kept at 4°C. for 3-4 days, then uncovered and incubated in a growth chamber at18-24° C. under 16/8 hours light/dark cycles. The T₀ plants were readyfor transformation six days before anthesis.

Single colonies of Agrobacterium carrying the binary vectors harboringthe yield genes were cultured in LB medium supplemented with kanamycin(50 mg/L) and gentamycin (50 mg/L). The cultures were incubated at 28°C. for 48 hours under vigorous shaking and centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 5minutes. The pellets comprising Agrobacterium cells were resuspended ina transformation medium which contained half-strength (2.15 g/L)Murashige-Skoog (Duchefa); 0.044 μM benzylamino purine (Sigma); 112 μg/LB5 Gambourg vitamins (Sigma); 5% sucrose; and 0.2 ml/L Silwet L-77 (OSISpecialists, CT) in double-distilled water, at pH of 5.7.

Transformation of T₀ plants was performed by inverting each plant intoan Agrobacterium suspension such that the above ground plant tissue wassubmerged for 3-5 seconds. Each inoculated T₀ plant was immediatelyplaced in a plastic tray, then covered with clear plastic dome tomaintain humidity and was kept in the dark at room temperature for 18hours to facilitate infection and transformation. Transformed(transgenic) plants were then uncovered and transferred to a greenhousefor recovery and maturation. The transgenic T₀ plants were grown in thegreenhouse for 3-5 weeks until siliques were brown and dry, then seedswere harvested from plants and kept at room temperature until sowing.

For generating T₁ and T₂ transgenic plants harboring the genes, seedscollected from transgenic T₀ plants were surface-sterilized by soakingin 70% ethanol for 1 minute, followed by soaking in 5% sodiumhypochlorite and 0.05% triton for 5 minutes. The surface-sterilizedseeds were thoroughly washed in sterile distilled water then placed onculture plates containing half-strength Murashig-Skoog (Duchefa); 2%sucrose; 0.8% plant agar 50 mM kanamycin; and 200 mM carbenicylin(Duchefa). The culture plates were incubated at 4° C. for 48 hours thentransferred to a growth room at 25° C. for an additional week ofincubation. Vital T₁ Arabidopsis plants were transferred to a freshculture plates for another week of incubation. Following incubation theT₁ plants were removed from culture plates and planted in growth mixcontained in 250 ml pots. The transgenic plants were allowed to grow ina greenhouse to maturity. Seeds harvested from T₁ plants were culturedand grown to maturity as T2 plants under the same conditions as used forculturing and growing the T₁ plants.

Example 23 Transformation of Brachypodium Distachyon Plants with thePolynucleotides of the Invention

Similar to the Arabidopsis model plant, Brachypodium distachyon hasseveral features that recommend it as a model plant for functionalgenomic studies, especially in the grasses. Traits that make it an idealmodel include its small genome (˜160 Mbp for a diploid genome and 355Mbp for a polyploidy genome), small physical stature, a short lifecycle,and few growth requirements. Brachypodium is related to the major cerealgrain species but is understood to be more closely related to theTriticeae (wheat, barley) than to the other cereals. Brachypodium, withits polyploidy accessions, can serve as an ideal model for these grains(whose genomics size and complexity is a major barrier tobiotechnological improvement).

Brachypodium distachyon embryogenic calli are transformed using theprocedure described by Vogel and Hill (2008) [High-efficiencyAgrobacterium-mediated transformation of Brachypodium distachyon inbredline Bd21-3. Plant Cell Rep 27:471-478], Vain et al (2008)[Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of the temperate grassBrachypodium distachyon (genotypeBd21) for T-DNA insertionalmutagenesis. Plant Biotechnology J 6: 236-245], and Vogel J. et al.(2006) [Agrobacterium mediated transformation and inbred linedevelopment in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon. Plant Cell TissOrg. Cult. 85:199-211], each of which is fully incorporated herein byreference, with some minor modifications, which are briefly summarizedhereinbelow.

Callus initiation—Immature spikes (about 2 months after seeding) areharvested at the very beginning of seeds filling. Spikes are then huskedand surface sterilized with 3% NaClO containing 0.1% Tween 20, shaken ona gyratory shaker at low speed for 20 minutes. Following three rinseswith sterile distilled water, embryos are excised under a dissectingmicroscope in a laminar flow hood using fine forceps.

Excised embryos (size ˜0.3 mm, bell shaped) are placed on callusinduction medium (CIM) [LS salts (Linsmaier, E. M. & Skoog. F. 1965.Physiol. Plantarum 18, 100) and vitamins plus 3% sucrose, 6 mg/L CuSO₄,2.5 mg/l 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid, pH 5.8 and 0.25% phytagel(Sigma)] scutellar side down, 100 embryos on a plate, and incubated at28° C. in the dark. One week later, the embryonic calli is cleaned fromemerging roots, shoots and somatic calli, and is subcultured onto freshCIM medium. During culture, yellowish embryogenic callus (EC) appearedand are further selected (e.g., picked and transferred) for furtherincubation in the same conditions for additional 2 weeks. Twenty-fivepieces of sub-cultured calli are then separately placed on 90×15 mmpetri plates, and incubated as before for three additional weeks.

Transformation—As described in Vogel and Hill (2008, Supra),Agrobacterium is scraped off 2-day-old MGL plates (plates with the MGLmedium which contains: Tryptone 5 g/l, Yeast Extract 2.5 g/l, NaCl 5g/l, D-Mannitol 5 g/l, MgSO₄*7H₂O 0.204 g/l, K₂HPO₄ 0.25 g/l, GlutamicAcid 1.2 g/l, Plant Agar 7.5 g/l) and resuspended in liquid MS mediumsupplemented with 200 μM acetosyringone to an optic density (OD) at 600nm (OD₆₀₀) of 0.6. Once the desired OD is attained, 1 ml of 10%Synperonic PE/F68 (Sigma) per 100 ml of inoculation medium is added.

To begin inoculation, 300 callus pieces are placed in approximately 12plates (25 callus pieces in each plate) and covered with theAgrobacterium suspension (8-8.5 ml). The callus is incubated in theAgrobacterium suspension for 15 minutes with occasional gentle rocking.After incubation, the Agrobacterium suspension is aspirated off and thecalli are then transferred into co-cultivation plates, prepared byplacing a sterile 7-cm diameter filter paper in an empty 90×15 mm petriplate. The calli pieces are then gently distributed on the filter paper.One co-cultivation plate is used for two starting callus plates (50initial calli pieces). The co-cultivation plates are then sealed withparafilm and incubated at 22° C. in the dark for 3 days.

The callus pieces are then individually transferred onto CIM medium asdescribed above, which is further supplemented with 200 mg/l Ticarcillin(to kill the Agrobacterium) and Bialaphos (5 mg/L) (for selection of thetransformed resistant embryogenic calli sections), and incubated at 28°C. in the dark for 14 days.

The calli pieces are then transferred to shoot induction media (SIM; LSsalts and vitamins plus 3% Maltose monohydrate) supplemented with 200mg/l Ticarcillin, Bialaphos (5 mg/L), Indol-3-acetic acid (IAA) (0.25mg/L), and 6-Benzylaminopurine (BAP) (1 mg/L), and are sub-cultured inlight to the same media after 10 days (total of 20 days). At eachsub-culture all the pieces from a single callus are kept together tomaintain their independence and are incubated under the followingconditions: lighting to a level of 60 lE m-2 s-1, a 16-h light, 8-h darkphotoperiod and a constant 24° C. temperature. Plantlets emerge from thetransformed calli.

When plantlets are large enough to handle without damage, they aretransferred to plates containing the above mentioned shoot inductionmedia (SIM) without Bialaphos. Each plantlet is considered as adifferent event. The plantlets grow axillary tillers and eventuallybecome bushy. Each bush from the same plant (event ID) is then dividedto tissue culture boxes (“Humus”) containing “rooting medium” [MS basalsalts, 3% sucrose, 3 g/L phytagel, 2 mg/l α-Naphthalene Acetic Acid(NAA) and 1 mg/L IAA and Ticarcillin 200 mg/L, PH 5.8). All plants in a“Humus box” are different plants of the same transformation event.

When plantlets establish roots they are transplanted to soil andtransferred to a greenhouse. To verify the transgenic status of plantscontaining the other constructs, T0 plants are subjected to PCR aspreviously described by Vogel et al. 2006 [Agrobacterium mediatedtransformation and inbred line development in the model grassBrachypodium distachyon. Plant Cell Tiss Org. Cult. 85:199-211].

Example 24 Evaluation of Transgenic Arabidopsis ABST, Yield and PlantGrowth Rate Under Abiotic Stress as Well as Under Standard GrowthConditions in Greenhouse Assay (GH-SM Assays)

Assay 1: Seed Yield, Plant Biomass and Plant Growth Rate in GreenhouseConditions (Seed Maturation Assay).

Under Normal conditions—This assay follows seed yield production, thebiomass formation and the rosette area growth of plants grown in thegreenhouse at non-limiting nitrogen growth conditions. TransgenicArabidopsis seeds were sown in agar media supplemented with ½ MS mediumand a selection agent (Kanamycin). The T2 transgenic seedlings were thentransplanted to 1.7 trays filled with peat and perlite in a 1:2 ratio.The plant were grown under normal growth conditions which includedirrigation of the trays with a solution containing 6 mM inorganicnitrogen in the form of KNO₃ with 1 mM KH₂PO₄, 1 mM MgSO₄, 1.5 mM CaCl₂)and microelements. Under normal conditions the plants grow in acontrolled environment in a closed transgenic greenhouse, temperatureabout 18-22° C., humidity around 70%. Irrigation was done by floodingwith a water solution containing 6 mM N (nitrogen) (as describedhereinabove), and flooding was repeated whenever water loss reached 50%.All plants were grown in the greenhouse until mature seeds. Seeds wereharvested, extracted and weighted. The remaining plant biomass (theabove ground tissue) was also harvested, and weighted immediately orfollowing drying in oven at 50° C. for 24 hours.

Under drought conditions and standard growth conditions—This assayfollows seed yield production, the biomass formation and the rosettearea growth of plants grown in the greenhouse under drought conditionsand under standard growth conditions. Transgenic Arabidopsis seeds weresown in phytogel media supplemented with ½ MS medium and a selectionagent (Kanamycin). The T2 transgenic seedlings were then transplanted to1.7 trays filled with peat and perlite in a 1:2 ratio and tuff at thebottom of the tray and a net below the trays (in order to facilitatewater drainage). Half of the plants were irrigated with tap water(standard growth conditions) when tray weight reached 50% of its fieldcapacity. The other half of the plants were irrigated with tap waterwhen tray weight reached 20% of its field capacity in order to inducedrought stress. All plants were grown in the greenhouse until seedsmaturation. Seeds were harvested, extracted and weighted. The remainingplant biomass (the above ground tissue) was also harvested, and weightedimmediately or following drying in oven at 50° C. for 24 hours.

Each construct was validated at its T2 generation (under the control ofthe At6669 promoter, SEQ ID NO: 6614). Transgenic plants transformedwith a construct conformed by an empty vector carrying the At6669 (SEQID NO: 6614) promoter and the selectable marker were used as control.

The plants were analyzed for their overall size, growth rate, flowering,seed yield, 1,000-seed weight, dry matter and harvest index (HI-seedyield/dry matter). Transgenic plants performance was compared to controlplants grown in parallel under the same conditions. Mock-transgenicplants with no gene at all, under the same promoter were used ascontrol.

The experiment was planned in nested randomized plot distribution. Foreach gene of the invention three to five independent transformationevents were analyzed from each construct.

Digital imaging—A laboratory image acquisition system, which consists ofa digital reflex camera (Canon EOS 300D) attached with a 55 mm focallength lens (Canon EF-S series), mounted on a reproduction device(Kaiser RS), which includes 4 light units (4×150 Watts light bulb) wasused for capturing images of plant samples.

The image capturing process was repeated every 2 days starting from day1 after transplanting till day 15. Same camera, placed in a custom madeiron mount, was used for capturing images of larger plants sawn in whitetubs in an environmental controlled greenhouse. The tubs were squareshape include 1.7 liter trays. During the capture process, the tubs wereplaced beneath the iron mount, while avoiding direct sun light andcasting of shadows.

An image analysis system was used, which consists of a personal desktopcomputer (Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and a public domain program—ImageJ1.39 [Java based image processing program which is developed at the U.S.National Institutes of Health and freely available on the internet atrsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/]. Images were captured in resolution of 10Mega Pixels (3888×2592 pixels) and stored in a low compression JPEG(Joint Photographic Experts Group standard) format. Next, analyzed datawas saved to text files and processed using the JMP statistical analysissoftware (SAS institute).

Leaf analysis—Using the digital analysis leaves data was calculated,including leaf number, rosette area, rosette diameter, leaf blade area,Petiole Relative Area and leaf petiole length.

Vegetative growth rate: the relative growth rate (RGR) of leaf number[formula VIII (described above)], rosette area (Formula IX, above), plotcoverage (Formula XI, above) and harvest index (Formula XV) wascalculated with the indicated formulas.

Seeds average weight—At the end of the experiment all seeds werecollected. The seeds were scattered on a glass tray and a picture wastaken. Using the digital analysis, the number of seeds in each samplewas calculated.

Dry weight and seed yield—On about day 80 from sowing, the plants wereharvested and left to dry at 30° C. in a drying chamber. The biomass andseed weight of each plot were measured and divided by the number ofplants in each plot. Dry weight=total weight of the vegetative portionabove ground (excluding roots) after drying at 30° C. in a dryingchamber; Seed yield per plant=total seed weight per plant (gr.). 1000seed weight (the weight of 1000 seeds) (gr.).

The measured parameter “flowering” refers to number of days in which 50%of the plants are flowering (50% or above).

The measured parameter “Inflorescence Emergence” refers to number ofdays in which 50% of the plants are bolting (50% or above).

The measured parameter “plot coverage” refers to Rosette Area*plantnumber.

It should be noted that a negative increment (in percentages) when foundin flowering or inflorescence emergence indicates drought avoidance ofthe plant.

Statistical analyses—To identify genes conferring significantly improvedtolerance to abiotic stresses, the results obtained from the transgenicplants were compared to those obtained from control plants. To identifyoutperforming genes and constructs, results from the independenttransformation events tested were analyzed separately. Data was analyzedusing Student's t-test and results are considered significant if the pvalue was less than 0.1. The JMP statistics software package was used(Version 5.2.1, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, N.C., USA).

Experimental Results

Tables 181-185 summarize the observed phenotypes of transgenic plantsexogenously expressing the gene constructs using the seed maturation(GH-SM) assays under normal conditions. The genes listed in these Tablesshow increased biomass (e.g., increased dry weight, rosette area,rosette diameter), photosynthetic area (e.g., increased leaf blade area,leaf number, plot coverage), increased yield (e.g., increased harvestindex, seed yield, 1000 seed weight) and increased growth rate (e.g.,increased growth rate of leaf number, plot coverage, rosette diameter)as well as negative increments in “flowering” and “inflorescenceemergence” (indicating drought avoidance) under non-stress conditions(e.g., normal or standard growth conditions). The evaluation of eachgene was performed by testing the performance of different number ofevents. Event with p-value <0.1 was considered statisticallysignificant.

TABLE 181 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Inflorescence Dry Weight[mg] Flowering Emergence Gene P- % P- % P- % Name Event # Ave. Val.Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGD2 91167.2 1230.0 0.02 12 43.40.26 −3 35.4 0.05 −4 LGD2 91169.2 1201.0 0.12 10 44.3 0.16 −1 — — —CONT. — 1096.6 — — 44.6 — — 36.8 — — LGM7 91255.4 1110.4 0.26 4 — — —18.5 0.26 −7 LGM7 91258.1 — — — — — — 19.0 0.14 −4 LGM7 91258.2 — — — —— — 19.3 0.23 −3 LGM7 91258.4 1121.2 0.28 5 — — — — — — CONT. — 1070.8 —— — — — 19.9 — — LGD1 92045.4 — — — 18.0 0.23 −1 — — — LGD1 92048.4 — —— 18.0 0.23 −1 — — — CONT. — — — — 18.0 — — — — — LGD20 93505.1 — — —18.7 0.14 −2 13.4 0.02 −5 LGD20 93507.2 — — — — — — 13.9 0.23 −2 CONT. —— — — 19.1 — — 14.1 — — LGM15 92364.4 1240.0 0.15 6 — — — — — — LGM1592367.1 1265.0 0.09 8 — — — — — — CONT. — 1167.5 — — — — — — — — LGM590808.3 1458.3 0.03 16 — — — — — — LGM5 90811.1 1511.1 0.10 20 16.7 0.13−7 11.6 0.25 −7 CONT. — 1262.5 — — 18.0 — — 12.5 — — LGM5 90811.1 1250.80.30 9 45.6 0.15 −1 37.0 0.02 −4 CONT. — 1146.7 — — 46.2 — — 38.5 — —LGM11 92054.1 — — — — — — 17.9 0.27 −1 LGM11 92055.1 — — — 23.3 0.08 −5— — — LGM11 92055.4 — — — 23.5 0.04 −5 17.8 0.14 −1 CONT. — — — — 24.6 —— 18.1 — — LGD26 94245.3 — — — 17.3 0.05 −8 12.2 0.16 −3 LGD26 94245.4 —— — 17.4 0.06 −8 12.0 0.12 −4 LGD26 94245.5 — — — 17.5 0.08 −7 — — —CONT. — — — — 18.8 — — 12.5 — — LGD2 91166.1 1211.4 0.13 11 — — — — — —LGD2 91167.2 — — — 41.2 L −8 34.5 0.08 −5 CONT. — 1086.7 — — 44.6 — —36.5 — — LGM15 92367.1 1113.8 0.29 14 — — — — — — LGM15 92368.1 1117.10.28 15 — — — — — — CONT. — 973.1 — — — — — — — — LGM7 91257.4 1312.50.17 5 — — — — — — LGM7 91258.2 1316.2 0.08 5 — — — — — — CONT. — 1249.6— — — — — — — — LGD1 92045.3 — — — 21.4 0.15 −5 — — — LGD1 92045.41209.2 0.25 4 — — — — — — LGD1 92045.5 — — — 21.4 0.13 −5 — — — LGD192048.3 1227.1 0.11 6 20.4 0.03 −10 14.5 0.08 −5 LGD1 92048.4 — — — 21.50.19 −5 — — — CONT. — 1158.1 — — 22.6 — — 15.4 — — LGM17 92375.1 — — —25.1 0.23 −1 — — — LGM17 92378.5 1287.9 0.08 13 — — — — — — CONT. —1138.5 — — 25.3 — — — — — LGM19 92379.2 — — — — — — 19.8 0.28 −1 LGM1992383.1 — — — 26.4 0.26 −2 19.7 0.16 −2 CONT. — — — — 27.1 — — 20.1 — —LGD3 91582.3 — — — 23.7 0.05 −5 17.7 0.07 −7 LGD3 91583.4 1222.1 0.21 724.2 0.17 −3 17.5 0.05 −8 LGD3 91584.2 — — — 24.7 0.23 −1 — — — CONT. —1142.5 — — 25.0 — — 19.0 — — LGD3 91582.3 — — — 18.7 0.13 −4 — — — LGD391583.4 — — — 18.5 0.18 −6 13.3 0.29 −2 CONT. — — — — 19.6 — — 13.6 — —LGM12 90801.1 1067.1 0.29 13 — — — — — — CONT. — 945.4 — — — — — — — —LGD20 93505.3 1352.9 L 14 — — — — — — CONT. — 1190.8 — — — — — — — —LGM17 92375.2 — — — — — — 12.8 0.11 −6 CONT. — — — — — — — 13.7 — —LGD23 93295.1 1243.3 0.13 6 — — — — — — LGD23 93295.3 — — — 18.9 0.06 −1— — — LGD23 93298.4 1443.8 0.03 23 — — — — — — LGD23 93298.5 1261.2 0.228 — — — — — — CONT. — 1169.7 — — 19.1 — — — — — LGM11 92055.1 1409.60.07 7 — — — — — — CONT. — 1314.2 — — — — — — — — “CONT.” = Control;“Ave.” = Average; “% Incr.” = % increment; “p-val.” = p-value, L = p <0.01.

TABLE 182 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Leaf Blade Area Plot[cm²] Leaf Number Coverage [cm²] Gene P- % P- % P- % Name Event # Ave.Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGD2 91166.1 1.28 0.15 20 — —— — — — LGD2 91167.2 1.34 L 25 12.2 0.14 6 81.9 0.02 26 LGD2 91169.11.19 L 12 — — — 72.9 0.06 12 LGD2 91169.2 1.24 L 16 — — — 75.1 0.02 16CONT. — 1.07 — — 11.5 — — 64.8 — — LGD1 92045.4 1.83 0.03 12 — — — 109.40.05 13 LGD1 92048.4 1.91 L 17 — — — 108.9 0.03 13 CONT. — 1.63 — — — —— 96.5 — — LGD20 93505.1 1.71 0.14 15 — — — 95.9 0.14 17 CONT. — 1.49 —— — — — 81.8 — — LGM15 92367.1 1.63 0.22 4 10.8 0.09 5 92.6 0.07 13CONT. — 1.56 — — 10.3 — — 82.2 — — LGB11 93849.4 0.786 0.03 9 9.50 0.195 41.7 0.03 15 LGB11 93850.3 — — — 9.38 0.19 3 40.9 0.18 13 CONT. —0.724 — — 9.08 — — 36.1 — — LGA17 94214.1 — — — 9.59 0.28 7 — — — CONT.— — — — 9.00 — — — — — LGM5 90808.2 1.43 0.05 14 — — — — — — LGM590810.1 — — — 11.1 0.18 6 — — — LGM5 90811.1 1.49 0.12 19 10.8 0.25 393.5 0.13 22 CONT. — 1.26 — — 10.4 — — 76.7 — — LGM5 90808.2 — — — 11.00.10 8 51.1 0.29 8 LGM5 90810.2 0.945 0.09 17 — — — 54.1 0.12 15 LGM590811.1 0.979 0.03 21 11.1 0.06 9 61.5 0.02 30 CONT. — 0.808 — — 10.2 —— 47.2 — — MGP20 94576.1 — — — 9.62 L 6 — — — MGP20 94579.4 — — — 9.460.02 4 — — — MGP20 94579.5 1.11 0.26 7 9.48 0.06 4 — — — CONT. — 1.04 —— 9.09 — — — — — LGD23 93295.1 — — — 9.62 0.10 4 — — — LGD23 93295.31.19 0.30 6 10.1 0.03 9 68.7 0.09 16 LGD23 93298.4 1.24 0.14 11 9.670.22 5 66.7 0.13 13 LGD23 93298.5 — — — 9.75 0.06 5 — — — LGD23 93298.6— — — 9.88 0.08 7 — — — CONT. — 1.12 — — 9.25 — — 59.1 — — LGB1 95790.20.764 0.07 19 — — — 41.0 L 19 LGB1 95792.2 0.796 L 24 — — — 40.1 L 17CONT. — 0.640 — — — — — 34.4 — — LGM11 92055.1 1.48 0.06 13 — — — 91.20.11 19 LGM11 92055.4 1.45 0.20 11 — — — 84.2 0.23 10 CONT. — 1.30 — — —— — 76.8 — — MGP20 94574.1 1.14 0.12 11 10.4 0.08 8 68.4 0.22 18 CONT. —1.03 — — 9.63 — — 57.8 — — LGM12 90797.2 — — — 12.8 0.13 5 — — — LGM1290799.1 — — — 13.3 0.09 9 — — — LGM12 90799.2 — — — 12.9 0.20 6 78.60.29 7 LGM12 90801.2 — — — 12.5 0.23 3 — — — CONT. — — — — 12.2 — — 73.5— — LGA9 94220.3 — — — 9.58 0.23 3 — — — LGA9 94223.2 — — — 10.2 0.19 9— — — CONT. — — — — 9.34 — — — — — LGD26 94245.4 1.58 0.09 13 — — — 95.80.08 20 CONT. — 1.40 — — — — — 79.7 — — LGD2 91169.1 1.18 0.11 7 — — — —— — CONT. — 1.10 — — — — — — — — LGM15 92367.1 1.05 0.18 13 — — — 59.60.19 15 CONT. — 0.928 — — — — — 51.8 — — LGM7 91255.4 — — — 11.1 0.22 7102.8 0.02 17 LGM7 91257.3 — — — 10.9 0.27 5 — — — LGM7 91257.4 — — —11.1 0.16 7 101.9 0.04 16 CONT. — — — — 10.4 — — 88.2 — — LGD1 92048.31.55 0.07 9 — — — 90.0 0.07 12 CONT. — 1.43 — — — — — 80.5 — — LGA1794216.2 1.82 0.11 9 — — — 98.6 0.26 7 CONT. — 1.67 — — — — — 92.5 — —LGB4 96492.2 0.587 0.22 6 — — — 31.2 0.08 10 LGB4 96492.3 — — — — — —32.4 0.25 15 CONT. — 0.553 — — — — — 28.3 — — LGM19 92379.1 0.807 0.29 7— — — — — — LGM19 92379.2 — — — 9.23 0.28 2 — — — LGM19 92382.2 — — —9.54 0.26 5 — — — LGM19 92382.5 — — — — — — 39.7 0.22 6 LGM19 92383.10.858 0.23 14 9.71 0.11 7 48.3 0.08 29 CONT. — 0.751 — — 9.09 — — 37.3 —— LGD3 91582.3 1.46 0.02 20 11.8 0.02 12 89.9 L 31 LGD3 91583.4 1.430.15 17 — — — 81.3 0.28 18 CONT. — 1.22 — — 10.5 — — 68.8 — — LGD391582.3 1.69 0.28 12 10.3 0.07 5 93.4 0.13 20 LGD3 91583.4 1.65 0.04 1010.9 0.10 10 91.4 0.02 18 LGD3 91584.2 — — — — — — 84.1 0.29 8 CONT. —1.50 — — 9.88 — — 77.7 — — LGM12 90801.1 — — — 12.3 0.26 4 70.9 0.25 10CONT. — — — — 11.8 — — 64.5 — — LGD20 93505.1 1.39 0.16 9 10.5 0.17 679.0 0.08 13 CONT. — 1.27 — — 9.92 — — 69.8 — — MGP40 96913.4 — — — 10.20.03 6 — — — MGP18 96854.3 1.33 0.27 4 10.2 0.08 6 70.6 0.07 7 CONT. —1.27 — — 9.59 — — 65.7 — — MGP40 96913.4 0.674 0.05 6 — — — — — — MGP1896854.1 0.678 0.12 7 — — — — — — MGP18 96854.3 0.681 0.11 7 9.54 0.16 338.9 0.03 11 CONT. — 0.634 — — 9.23 — — 35.1 — — MGP21 94572.1 — — —11.0 0.22 5 84.0 0.20 7 CONT. — — — — 10.5 — — 78.2 — — MGP21 94572.11.51 0.04 12 10.1 0.23 3 81.3 0.04 10 CONT. — 1.35 — — 9.78 — — 74.0 — —LGM17 92378.5 1.66 0.02 8 11.2 0.07 8 97.4 0.04 15 CONT. — 1.55 — — 10.4— — 84.9 — — LGD23 93295.3 1.54 0.28 11 11.2 0.14 6 87.9 0.10 14 LGD2393298.4 — — — — — — 86.4 0.22 12 CONT. — 1.39 — — 10.5 — — 76.8 — — LGA994220.3 1.51 0.21 10 — — — 81.0 0.27 11 LGA9 94223.2 1.58 0.07 15 — — —87.7 0.08 20 CONT. — 1.37 — — — — — 73.1 — — LGB1 95790.2 — — — — — —70.3 0.15 7 CONT. — — — — — — — 65.7 — — LGB11 93849.4 1.46 0.08 21 10.30.01 10 78.8 0.14 22 CONT. — 1.21 — — 9.33 — — 64.5 — — “CONT.” =Control; “Ave.” = Average; “% Incr.” = % increment; “p-val.” = p-value,L = p < 0.01.

TABLE 183 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter RGR Of RGR Of Plot RGR OfRosette Leaf Number Coverage Diameter Gene P- % P- % P- % Name Event #Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Vol. Incr. LGD2 91166.1 — — — — — —0.412 0.28 13 LGD2 91167.2 — — — 9.41 0.03 26 0.419 0.01 15 LGD2 91169.1— — — 8.44 0.07 13 0.382 0.06 5 LGD2 91169.2 — — — 8.65 0.02 16 0.3940.02 8 CONT. — — — — 7.47 — — 0.365 — — LGM7 91255.4 — — — — — — 0.3610.26 10 LGM7 91258.2 — — — — — — 0.353 0.19 7 LGM7 91258.4 — — — — — —0.363 0.10 11 CONT. — — — — — — — 0.328 — — LGD1 92045.3 — — — — — —0.613 0.23 7 LGD1 92045.4 — — — 14.4 0.06 13 0.618 0.20 8 LGD1 92048.4 —— — 14.4 0.02 13 0.630 0.05 10 CONT. — — — — 12.8 — — 0.574 — — LGD2093505.1 — — — 12.7 0.14 17 — — — CONT. — — — — 10.9 — — — — — LGM1592367.1 0.862 0.15 7 13.9 0.06 14 0.578 0.05 7 CONT. — 0.804 — — 12.2 —— 0.541 — — LGB11 93849.4 0.996 0.26 17 8.16 0.07 15 — — — LGB11 93850.3— — — 7.99 0.26 13 — — — CONT. — 0.852 — — 7.09 — — — — — LGA17 94214.10.605 0.26 38 — — — — — — LGA17 94216.2 0.631 0.17 44 — — — — — — CONT.— 0.438 — — — — — — — — LGM5 90808.2 — — — — — — 0.537 0.12 9 LGM590810.1 — — — — — — 0.520 0.26 6 LGM5 90811.1 — — — 13.7 0.14 22 0.5800.03 18 CONT. — — — — 11.3 — — 0.492 — — LGM5 90808.2 — — — 6.01 0.25 90.308 0.20 7 LGM5 90810.2 — — — 6.26 0.13 14 0.312 0.18 8 LGM5 90811.1 —— — 7.13 0.02 30 0.329 0.12 14 CONT. — — — — 5.50 — — 0.288 — — MGP2094576.1 0.723 0.26 25 — — — — — — MGP20 94579.4 0.726 0.28 25 — — — — —— CONT. — 0.580 — — — — — — — — LGD23 93295.1 0.583 0.25 8 — — — — — —LGD23 93295.3 0.644 0.20 19 9.05 0.11 16 — — — LGD23 93298.4 — — — 8.800.11 13 0.509 0.24 7 LGD23 93298.5 0.653 0.02 21 — — — — — — LGD2393298.6 0.647 0.05 20 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.540 — — 7.78 — — 0.475 — —LGB1 95790.2 — — — 8.13 0.05 18 — — — LGB1 95792.2 — — — 8.03 0.05 170.545 0.20 10 LGB1 95792.3 1.03 0.24 8 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.956 — —6.87 — — 0.496 — — LGM11 92055.1 — — — 11.3 0.12 19 — — — LGM11 92055.40.682 0.13 6 10.6 0.18 12 0.463 0.16 11 CONT. — 0.646 — — 9.46 — — 0.416— — MGP20 94574.1 0.812 0.02 26 11.5 0.23 21 0.554 0.25 7 MGP20 94576.10.765 0.10 19 — — — — — — MGP20 94579.4 0.759 0.08 18 — — — — — — MGP2094579.5 0.777 0.20 20 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.645 — — 9.50 — — 0.517 — —LGM12 90797.2 0.748 0.14 13 — — — — — — LGM12 90799.1 0.796 0.11 21 — —— — — — LGM12 90799.2 — — — 9.00 0.28 7 — — — CONT. — 0.660 — — 8.38 — —— — — LGD26 94245.4 — — — 13.8 0.10 19 — — — CONT. — — — — 11.6 — — — —— LGD2 91169.1 0.871 0.13 24 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.704 — — — — — — — —LGM15 92367.1 — — — 7.33 0.15 17 — — — CONT. — — — — 6.25 — — — — — LGB496492.1 — — — — — — 0.458 0.24 8 LGB4 96492.2 — — — — — — 0.456 0.26 8LGB4 96492.3 — — — — — — 0.471 0.15 11 LGB4 96493.3 — — — — — — 0.4670.18 10 LGB4 96493.4 — — — — — — 0.481 0.29 14 CONT. — — — — — — — 0.423— — LGD1 92048.3 — — — 12.0 0.07 12 — — — CONT. — — — — 10.8 — — — — —LGA17 94214.1 — — — — — — 0.690 0.17 7 LGA17 94216.1 — — — — — — 0.6780.28 5 LGA17 94216.2 — — — — — — 0.713 0.24 10 CONT. — — — — — — — 0.647— — LGB4 96492.1 1.03 0.24 14 — — — — — — LGB4 96492.2 — — — 6.10 0.1613 0.442 0.09 9 LGB4 96492.3 — — — 6.31 0.13 17 0.435 0.24 8 CONT. — — —— 5.41 — — 0.404 — — LGM19 92379.2 0.571 0.20 20 — — — — — — LGM1992382.2 0.562 0.24 18 — — — — — — LGM19 92382.5 0.580 0.18 21 4.91 0.1310 — — — LGM19 92383.1 0.558 0.26 17 5.96 0.09 33 — — — CONT. — 0.478 —— 4.47 — — — — — LGD3 91582.3 — — — — — — 0.449 L 14 CONT. — — — — — — —0.393 — — LGD3 91582.3 — — — 13.8 0.12 21 0.581 0.05 8 LGD3 91583.4 — —— 13.5 0.02 18 0.579 0.22 8 LGD3 91584.2 — — — 12.5 0.23 9 — — — CONT. —— — — 11.4 — — 0.537 — — LGM12 90801.1 — — — 8.16 0.19 11 — — — CONT. —— — — 7.36 — — — — — LGD20 93505.1 — — — 10.4 0.09 13 0.546 0.10 8 LGD2093505.3 — — — — — — 0.530 0.24 4 CONT. — — — — 9.23 — — 0.508 — — MGP4096912.3 0.702 0.12 13 — — — — — — MGP40 96913.4 0.792 0.22 27 — — — — —— MGP18 96854.1 0.732 0.12 18 — — — — — — MGP18 96854.3 0.732 0.12 1811.5 0.11 7 — — — MGP18 96856.2 0.714 0.24 15 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.622— — 10.7 — — — — — MGP40 96913.4 — — — 6.50 0.16 6 0.423 0.05 9 MGP1896854.3 — — — 6.73 0.04 10 — — — MGP18 96855.3 — — — — — — 0.420 0.15 9CONT. — — — — 6.13 — — 0.386 — — MGP21 94572.1 — — — 14.1 0.16 8 0.6550.14 8 CONT. — — — — 13.1 — — 0.608 — — MGP21 94572.1 — — — 13.1 0.07 80.562 0.07 10 MGP21 94573.1 0.717 0.23 28 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.562 — —12.1 — — 0.511 — — LGM17 92378.5 0.920 0.23 14 14.6 0.04 15 0.618 0.01 7CONT. — 0.807 — — 12.7 — — 0.577 — — LGD23 93295.3 0.760 0.10 15 11.70.09 15 — — — LGD23 93298.4 — — — 11.4 0.22 13 — — — LGD23 93298.6 0.7430.22 12 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.661 — — 10.1 — — — — — LGA9 94220.3 — — —13.8 0.24 11 — — — LGA9 94223.2 — — — 14.7 0.09 19 — — — LGA9 94223.30.714 0.29 20 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.595 — — 12.4 — — — — — LGB1 95790.2— — — 11.6 0.15 7 0.541 0.14 7 CONT. — — — — 10.9 — — 0.506 — — LGM1192055.1 — — — 18.3 0.25 9 — — — CONT. — — — — 16.8 — — — — — LGB1193849.4 — — — 13.0 0.11 21 0.626 0.12 17 CONT. — — — — 10.8 — — 0.537 —— “CONT.” = Control; “Ave.” = Average; “% Incr.” = % increment; “p-val.”= p-value, L = p < 0.01.

TABLE 184 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Rosette Diameter HarvestIndex Rosette Area [cm²] [cm] Gene P- % P. % P- % Name Event # Ave. Val.Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGD2 91166.1 — — — 9.16 0.03 135.33 0.10 11 LGD2 91167.2 — — — 10.2 0.02 26 5.50 L 15 LGD2 91169.1 — —— 9.11 0.06 12 5.16 0.02 8 LGD2 91169.2 — — — 9.39 0.02 16 5.22 0.01 9CONT. — — — — 8.11 — — 4.79 — — LGM7 91255.4 0.333 0.03 22 — — — 4.750.29 7 LGM7 91257.4 0.322 0.26 18 — — — — — — LGM7 91258.1 0.305 0.17 12— — — — — — LGM7 91258.2 0.320 0.24 18 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.272 — — — —— — — — LGD1 92045.3 — — — — — — 6.32 0.24 6 LGD1 92045.4 — — — 13.70.05 13 6.55 0.05 10 LGD1 92045.5 0.431 0.05 15 — — — — — — LGD1 92048.4— — — 13.6 0.03 13 6.50 L 9 CONT. — 0.376 — — 12.1 — — 5.95 — — LGD2093505.1 — — — 12.0 0.14 17 — — — LGD20 93507.2 0.400 0.27 28 — — — — — —CONT. — 0.314 — — 10.2 — — — — — LGM15 92367.1 — — — 11.6 0.07 13 5.720.07 5 LGM15 92367.2 — — — — — — 5.61 0.10 3 CONT. — — — — 10.3 — — 5.42— — LGB11 93849.4 — — — 5.21 0.03 15 4.30 0.14 4 LGB11 93850.3 — — —5.11 0.18 13 — — — CONT. — — — — 4.51 — — 4.13 — — 7LGM5 90808.2 — — — —— — 5.60 0.28 5 LGM5 90811.1 — — — 11.7 0.13 22 6.08 0.04 14 CONT. — — —— 9.59 — — 5.35 — — LGM5 90808.2 — — — 6.39 0.29 8 — — — LGM5 90810.20.177 0.21 22 6.76 0.12 15 4.41 0.14 9 LGM5 90811.1 — — — 7.68 0.02 304.63 0.04 14 CONT. — 0.145 — — 5.90 — — 4.06 — — MGP20 94579.5 — — —7.33 0.16 11 — — — CONT. — — — — 6.62 — — — — — LGD23 93295.3 — — — 8.580.09 16 5.13 0.29 6 LGD23 93298.4 — — — 8.33 0.13 13 5.17 0.17 6 LGD2393298.5 0.311 0.10 13 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.276 — — 7.39 — — 4.86 — —LGB1 95790.2 — — — 5.13 L 19 4.21 0.01 9 LGB1 95792.2 — — — 5.01 L 174.26 0.02 11 CONT. — — — — 4.30 — — 3.85 — — LGM11 92055.1 — — — 11.40.11 19 5.62 0.06 7 LGM11 92055.4 0.461 0.24 12 10.5 0.23 10 5.56 0.19 6CONT. — 0.412 — — 9.60 — — 5.26 — — MGP20 94574.1 — — — 8.56 0.21 155.23 0.21 6 CONT. — — — — 7.41 — — 4.95 — — LGM12 90799.2 — — — 9.830.29 7 5.36 0.16 4 CONT. — — — — 9.18 — — 5.15 — — LGA9 94223.2 — — — —— — 5.19 0.29 2 CONT. — — — — — — — 5.08 — — LGD26 94245.2 0.417 0.24 11— — — — — — LGD26 94245.3 0.415 0.27 10 — — — — — — LGD26 94245.4 — — —12.0 0.08 20 5.82 0.12 8 CONT. — 0.375 — — 9.96 — — 5.40 — — LGD291167.1 0.216 0.16 11 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.194 — — — — — — — — LGM1592367.1 — — — 7.45 0.19 15 — — — CONT. — — — — 6.47 — — — — — LGM791255.4 — — — 12.8 0.02 17 6.11 0.04 6 LGM7 91257.4 — — — 12.7 0.04 166.20 0.02 7 CONT. — — — — 11.0 — — 5.79 — — LGD1 92045.3 0.356 0.05 14 —— — — — — LGD1 92048.3 — — — 11.3 0.07 12 5.92 0.28 3 LGD1 92048.4 0.3590.19 15 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.312 — — 10.1 — — 5.76 — — LGA17 94216.2 —— — 12.3 0.26 7 6.22 0.10 6 CONT. — — — — 11.6 — — 5.87 — — LGB4 96492.2— — — 3.89 0.08 10 3.68 0.11 4 LGB4 96492.3 — — — 4.05 0.25 15 3.72 0.275 CONT. — — — — 3.53 — — 3.54 — — LGM19 92379.1 — — — — — — 3.84 0.28 4LGM19 92383.1 — — — 6.03 0.11 24 4.09 0.06 11 CONT. — — — — 4.88 — —3.70 — — LGD3 91582.3 0.450 0.26 10 11.2 L 31 5.56 L 14 LGD3 91583.4 — —— 10.2 0.28 18 5.30 0.23 9 CONT. — 0.408 — — 8.60 — — 4.88 — — LGD391582.3 0.343 0.05 16 11.7 0.13 20 5.83 0.07 8 LGD3 91583.4 0.333 0.0913 11.4 0.02 18 5.82 0.10 7 LGD3 91584.2 0.349 0.06 18 10.5 0.29 8 — — —CONT. — 0.295 — — 9.71 — — 5.42 — — LGM12 90801.1 — — — 8.86 0.25 10 — —— CONT. — — — — 8.06 — — — — — LGD20 93505.1 — — — 9.87 0.08 13 5.570.12 6 CONT. — — — — 8.73 — — 5.26 — — MGP18 96854.3 — — — 8.82 0.07 75.13 0.07 5 CONT. — — — — 8.21 — — 4.86 — — MGP40 96913.4 — — — — — —4.01 0.22 2 MGP18 96854.1 — — — — — — 4.03 0.25 3 MGP18 96854.3 — — —4.87 0.03 11 4.15 0.04 6 MGP18 96855.3 — — — — — — 4.06 0.23 4 CONT. — —— — 4.39 — — 3.91 — — MGP21 94572.1 — — — 10.5 0.20 7 6.05 0.30 4 CONT.— — — — 9.77 — — 5.82 — — MGP21 94572.1 — — — 10.2 0.04 10 5.64 0.03 6CONT. — — — — 9.25 — — 5.31 — — LGM17 92378.3 0.307 0.20 7 — — — — — —LGM17 92378.5 — — — 12.2 0.04 15 6.05 0.02 7 CONT. — 0.287 — — 10.6 — —5.64 — — LGD23 93295.3 — — — 11.0 0.10 14 — — — LGD23 93298.4 — — — 10.80.22 12 — — — CONT. — — — — 9.60 — — — — — LGA9 94220.3 — — — 10.1 0.2711 — — — LGA9 94223.2 — — — 11.0 0.08 20 5.62 0.16 9 CONT. — — — — 9.14— — 5.15 — — LGB1 95790.2 — — — 8.79 0.15 7 5.08 0.17 4 CONT. — — — —8.21 — — 4.87 — — LGB11 93849.4 — — — 10.2 0.04 27 5.78 0.03 15 CONT. —— — — 8.06 — — 5.01 — — LGM7 91255.4 0.333 0.03 22 — — — LGM7 91257.40.322 0.26 18 — — — LGM7 91258.1 0.305 0.17 12 — — — LGM7 91258.2 0.3200.24 18 — — — CONT. — 0.272 — — — — — LGD1 92045.5 0.431 0.05 15 — — —CONT. — 0.376 — — — — — LGD20 93507.2 0.400 0.27 28 — — — CONT. — 0.314— — — — — LGM5 90810.2 0.177 0.21 22 — — — CONT. — 0.145 — — — — — LGD2393298.5 0.311 0.10 13 — — — CONT. — 0.276 — — — — — LGM11 92055.4 0.4610.24 12 — — — CONT. — 0.412 — — — — — LGD26 94245.2 0.417 0.24 11 — — —LGD26 94245.3 0.415 0.27 10 — — — CONT. — 0.375 — — — — — LGD2 91167.10.216 0.16 11 — — — CONT. — 0.194 — — — — — LGD1 92045.3 0.356 0.05 14 —— — LGD1 92048.4 0.359 0.19 15 — — — CONT. — 0.312 — — — — — LGD391582.3 0.450 0.26 10 — — — CONT. — 0.408 — — — — — LGD3 91582.3 0.3430.05 16 — — — LGD3 91583.4 0.333 0.09 13 — — — LGD3 91584.2 0.349 0.0618 — — — CONT. — 0.295 — — — — — LGM17 92378.3 0.307 0.20 7 — — — CONT.— 0.287 — — — — — “CONT.” = Control; “Ave.” = Average; “% Incr.” = %increment; “p-val.” = p-value, L = p < 0.01.

TABLE 185 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Seed Yield [mg] 1000 SeedWeight [mg] Gene % % Name Event # Ave. P-Val. Incr. Ave. P-Val. Incr.LGD2 91167.2 — — — 24.9 0.11 13 CONT. — — — — 22.0 — — LGM7 91255.4368.8 0.03 26 19.6 0.09 8 LGM7 91257.4 351.7 0.28 21 — — — LGM7 91258.1329.2 0.16 13 — — — LGM7 91258.2 348.8 0.18 20 — — — LGM7 91258.4 320.50.25 10 19.9 0.07 9 CONT. — 291.5 — — 18.2 — — LGD1 92045.5 481.9 0.1311 — — — LGD1 92048.4 — — — 19.5 0.18 4 CONT. — 434.1 — — 18.7 — — LGD2093505.3 — — — 23.2 0.03 25 CONT. — — — — 18.5 — — LGM15 92367.1 — — —20.6 0.27 8 LGM15 92367.2 — — — 19.8 0.17 4 CONT. — — — — 19.1 — — LGM590810.1 — — — 22.0 0.08 10 LGM5 90811.1 — — — 24.6 0.03 23 CONT. — — — —20.0 — — LGM5 90810.2 212.0 0.07 30 — — — LGM5 90811.1 187.7 0.07 1522.6 0.03 8 CONT. — 163.6 — — 21.0 — — LGD23 93298.4 — — — 19.4 0.08 13LGD23 93298.5 402.3 0.22 14 19.3 0.07 12 CONT. — 352.6 — — 17.2 — —LGM11 92055.1 — — — 22.1 0.04 23 CONT. — — — — 17.9 — — LGM12 90799.2 —— — 20.7 0.11 13 CONT. — — — — 18.4 — — LGD26 94245.3 498.8 0.24 9 — — —LGD26 94245.4 — — — 21.8 0.17 9 CONT. — 458.1 — — 20.0 — — LGD2 91167.2— — — 21.4 0.09 8 CONT. — — — — 19.8 — — LGM15 92367.2 — — — 19.2 0.25 7LGM15 92368.1 — — — 19.8 0.21 10 CONT. — — — — 17.9 — — LGM7 91255.4 — —— 20.6 0.08 9 LGM7 91257.4 — — — 22.1 0.07 17 LGM7 91258.2 379.7 0.28 7— — — LGM7 91258.4 — — — 19.7 0.22 5 CONT. — 354.8 — — 18.8 — — LGD192045.3 414.5 0.20 14 — — — LGD1 92045.4 414.4 0.20 14 — — — LGD192048.4 444.4 0.22 23 — — — CONT. — 362.1 — — — — — LGM17 92378.5 — — —23.3 L 21 CONT. — — — — 19.3 — — LGM19 92383.1 — — — 24.6 0.06 37 CONT.— — — — 18.0 — — LGD3 91582.3 392.0 0.13 11 — — — LGD3 91583.4 386.50.18 9 — — — LGD3 91584.2 410.7 0.13 16 — — — CONT. — 353.4 — — — — —LGD20 93505.3 — — — 21.4 L 27 CONT. — — — — 16.8 — — LGM17 92377.1 — — —22.3 0.03 14 LGM17 92378.5 — — — 27.6 0.02 42 CONT. — — — — 19.5 — —LGM19 92379.1 — — — 20.6 0.14 11 LGM19 92379.2 — — — 20.0 0.16 8 LGM1992382.2 — — — 20.2 0.11 10 LGM19 92383.1 — — — 27.3 L 48 CONT. — — — —18.5 — — LGD23 93295.1 464.7 0.15 13 — — — LGD23 93298.5 — — — 22.1 0.0417 CONT. — 409.8 — — 18.9 — — LGM11 92054.1 — — — 22.0 0.22 5 LGM1192055.1 — — — 25.9 L 23 CONT. — — — — 21.0 — — LGD2 91167.2 — — — 24.90.11 13 CONT. — — — — 22.0 — — LGM7 91255.4 — — — 19.6 0.09 8 LGM791258.4 — — — 19.9 0.07 9 CONT. — — — — 18.2 — — LGD1 92048.4 — — — 19.50.18 4 CONT. — — — — 18.7 — — LGD20 93505.3 — — — 23.2 0.03 25 CONT. — —— — 18.5 — — LGM15 92367.1 — — — 20.6 0.27 8 LGM15 92367.2 — — — 19.80.17 4 CONT. — — — — 19.1 — — LGM5 90810.1 — — — 22.0 0.08 10 LGM590811.1 — — — 24.6 0.03 23 CONT. — — — — 20.0 — — LGM5 90811.1 — — —22.6 0.03 8 CONT. — — — — 21.0 — — LGD23 93298.4 — — — 19.4 0.08 13LGD23 93298.5 — — — 19.3 0.07 12 CONT. — — — — 17.2 — — LGM11 92055.1 —— — 22.1 0.04 23 CONT. — — — — 17.9 — — LGM12 90799.2 — — — 20.7 0.11 13CONT. — — — — 18.4 — — LGD26 94245.4 — — — 21.8 0.17 9 CONT. — — — —20.0 — — LGD2 91167.2 — — — 21.4 0.09 8 CONT. — — — — 19.8 — — LGM1592367.2 — — — 19.2 0.25 7 LGM15 92368.1 — — — 19.8 0.21 10 CONT. — — — —17.9 — — LGM7 91255.4 — — — 20.6 0.08 9 LGM7 91257.4 — — — 22.1 0.07 17LGM7 91258.4 — — — 19.7 0.22 5 CONT. — — — — 18.8 — — LGM17 92378.5 — —— 23.3 L 21 CONT. — — — — 19.3 — — LGM19 92383.1 — — — 24.6 0.06 37CONT. — — — — 18.0 — — LGD20 93505.3 — — — 21.4 L 27 CONT. — — — — 16.8— — LGM17 92377.1 — — — 22.3 0.03 14 LGM17 92378.5 — — — 27.6 0.02 42CONT. — — — — 19.5 — — LGM19 92379.1 — — — 20.6 0.14 11 LGM19 92379.2 —— — 20.0 0.16 8 LGM19 92382.2 — — — 20.2 0.11 10 LGM19 92383.1 — — —27.3 L 48 CONT. — — — — 18.5 — — LGD23 93298.5 — — — 22.1 0.04 17 CONT.— — — — 18.9 — — LGM11 92054.1 — — — 22.0 0.22 5 LGM11 92055.1 — — —25.9 L 23 CONT. — — — — 21.0 — — “CONT.” = Control; “Ave.” = Average; “%Incr.” = % increment; “p-val.” = p-value, L = p < 0.01.

Tables 186-188 summarize the observed phenotypes of transgenic plantsexogenously expressing the gene constructs using the seed maturation(GH-SM) assays under drought stress growth conditions. The genes listedin these Tables show increased biomass (e.g., increased rosette area,rosette diameter), and increased growth rate (e.g., increased growthrate of leaf number, plot coverage rosette diameter) under droughtstress growth conditions. The evaluation of each gene was performed bytesting the performance of different number of events. Event withp-value <0.1 was considered statistically significant.

TABLE 186 Genes showing improved plant performance at Drought growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Leaf Blade Area [cm²]Leaf Number Plot coverage [cm²] Gene Event P- % P- % P- % Name # Ave.Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGB4 96492.3 0.628 0.19 7 — —— 35.1 0.10 15 CONT. — 0.585 — — — — — 30.6 — — LGA17 94216.2 1.91 0.1116 — — — — — — CONT. — 1.64 — — — — — — — — LGB1 95790.2 0.759 L 17 9.500.18 6 39.1 0.02 14 LGB1 95790.4 — — — — — — 37.3 0.15 9 LGB1 95791.10.682 0.16 5 9.67 0.09 7 36.7 0.13 7 LGB1 95792.2 0.739 L 14 9.42 0.22 538.5 0.03 12 CONT. — 0.647 — — 9.00 — — 34.3 — — LGA9 94220.3 1.29 0.2213 — — — — — — LGA9 94223.2 1.31 0.16 15 — — — 73.7 0.09 23 CONT. — 1.14— — — — — 60.0 — — LGA9 94220.2 1.28 L 17 — — — 68.4 0.06 19 LGA994220.3 1.21 0.24 10 — — — 64.2 0.20 12 LGA9 94223.2 1.23 0.27 12 — — —66.4 0.13 16 LGA9 94223.3 1.20 0.03 10 — — — 66.3 0.01 16 CONT. — 1.10 —— — — — 57.3 — — LGB11 93849.4 0.803 0.23 6 — — — 41.7 0.29 3 CONT. —0.758 — — — — — 40.3 — — LGB11 93849.4 1.31 0.14 10 — — — — — — CONT. —1.19 — — — — — — — — LGB4 96492.2 0.864 0.17 11 — — — 46.0 0.11 17 LGB496493.4 0.869 0.15 12 9.62 0.26 5 46.4 0.10 18 CONT. — 0.777 — — 9.17 —— 39.4 — — Table 186. “CONT.” = Control; “Ave.” = Average; “% Incr.” = %increment; “p-val.” = p-value, L = p < 0.01.

TABLE 187 Genes showing improved plant performance at Drought growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter RGR Of RGR Of RGR Of LeafNumber Plot Coverage Rosette Diameter Gene Event P- % P- % P- % Name #Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGB4 96492.3 — — — 6.820.17 12 — — — CONT. — — — — 6.07 — — — — — LGA17 94216.2 — — — — — —0.688 0.17 14 CONT. — — — — — — — 0.605 — — LGB1 95790.2 — — — 7.71 0.0914 0.504 0.12 12 LGB1 95790.4 0.907 0.25 6 7.46 0.24 10 0.488 0.28 8LGB1 95791.1 0.973 0.27 13 7.36 0.29 9 0.492 0.17 9 LGB1 95792.2 — — —7.64 0.10 13 0.498 0.13 11 CONT. — 0.859 — — 6.77 — — 0.450 — — LGA994223.2 — — — 12.0 0.07 22 0.484 0.27 6 CONT. — — — — 9.84 — — 0.458 — —LGB1 95790.2 0.613 0.19 20 — — — — — — LGB1 95790.4 0.661 0.23 29 — — —— — — LGB1 95792.3 0.640 0.25 25 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.511 — — — — — — —— LGA9 94220.2 — — — 11.4 0.04 20 0.485 0.01 8 LGA9 94220.3 — — — 10.60.20 12 0.489 0.12 9 LGA9 94223.2 — — — 10.7 0.14 13 — — — LGA9 94223.3— — — 11.0 0.06 16 0.485 0.27 8 CONT. — — — — 9.44 — — 0.447 — — LGB1193849.4 — — — — — — 0.525 0.21 8 CONT. — — — — — — — 0.484 — — LGB496492.2 — — — 7.54 0.07 17 0.413 0.17 8 LGB4 96493.4 — — — 7.51 0.08 17— — — CONT. — — — — 6.42 — — 0.382 — — Table 187. “CONT.” = Control;“Ave.” = Average; “% Incr.” = % increment; “p-val.” = p-value, L = p <0.01.

TABLE 188 Genes showing improved plant performance at Drought growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Rosette Rosette HarvestIndex Area [cm²] Diameter [cm] Gene Event P- % P- % P- % Name # Ave.Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGB4 96492.3 — — — 4.39 0.1015 3.83 0.20 5 CONT. — — — — 3.82 — — 3.64 — — LGA17 94216.2 — — — — — —6.33 0.15 9 CONT. — — — — — — — 5.84 — — LGB1 95790.2 — — — 4.89 0.02 144.07 0.02 8 LGB1 95790.4 — — — 4.66 0.15 9 4.00 0.17 6 LGB1 95791.1 — —— 4.59 0.13 7 3.96 0.08 5 LGB1 95792.2 — — — 4.82 0.03 12 4.09 0.02 8CONT. — — — — 4.29 — — 3.77 — — LGA9 94220.3 — — — — — — 4.89 0.24 6LGA9 94223.2 — — — 9.21 0.09 23 5.00 0.13 9 CONT. — — — — 7.50 — — 4.60— — LGA9 94220.2 — — — 8.55 0.06 19 5.07 0.03 8 LGA9 94220.3 — — — 8.030.20 12 4.96 0.25 6 LGA9 94223.2 — — — 8.30 0.13 16 5.07 0.14 8 LGA994223.3 — — — 8.29 0.01 16 5.04 L 7 CONT. — — — — 7.16 — — 4.69 — —LGB11 93849.4 — — — 5.21 0.29 3 — — — CONT. — — — — 5.04 — — — — — LGB496492.2 — — — 5.75 0.11 17 4.13 0.05 8 LGB4 96492.3 — — — — — — 4.000.20 5 LGB4 96493.4 — — — 5.80 0.10 18 4.11 0.06 8 CONT. — — — — 4.92 —— 3.81 — — Table 188. “CONT.” = Control; “Ave.” = Average; “% Incr.” = %increment; “p-val.” = p-value, L = p < 0.01.

Example 25 Evaluation of Transgenic Arabidopsis ABST, Biomass and PlantGrowth Rate Under Abiotic Stress as Well as Under Standard Conditions inGreenhouse Assay (GH-SB Assays)

Assay 2: Plant performance improvement measured until bolting stage:plant biomass and plant growth rate under normal greenhouse conditions(GH-SB Assays)—This assay follows the plant biomass formation and therosette area growth of plants grown in the greenhouse under normalgrowth conditions. Transgenic Arabidopsis seeds were sown in agar mediasupplemented with % MS medium and a selection agent (Kanamycin). The T2transgenic seedlings were then transplanted to 1.7 trays filled withpeat and perlite in a 1:2 ratio and tuff at the bottom of the tray and anet below the trays (in order to facilitate water drainage). Plants weregrown under normal conditions which included irrigation of the trayswith a solution containing of 6 mM inorganic nitrogen in the form ofKNO₃ with 1 mM KH₂PO₄, 1 mM MgSO₄, 1.5 mM CaCl₂) and microelements.Under normal conditions the plants grow in a controlled environment in aclosed transgenic greenhouse; temperature was 18-22° C., humidity around70%; Irrigation was done by flooding with a water solution containing 6mM N (nitrogen) (as described hereinabove), and flooding was repeatedwhenever water loss reached 50%. All plants were grown in the greenhouseuntil bolting stage. Plant biomass (the above ground tissue) wasweighted directly after harvesting the rosette (plant fresh weight[FW]). Following plants were dried in an oven at 50° C. for 48 hours andweighted (plant dry weight [DW]).

Each construct was validated at its T2 generation (under the control ofthe At6669 promoter, SEQ ID NO: 6614). Transgenic plants transformedwith a construct conformed by an empty vector carrying the At6669promoter (SEQ ID NO: 6614) and the selectable marker were used ascontrol.

The plants are analyzed for their overall size, growth rate, freshweight and dry matter. Transgenic plants performance was compared tocontrol plants grown in parallel under the same conditions.Mock-transgenic plants with no gene at all, under the same promoter wereused as control.

The experiment is planned in nested randomized plot distribution. Foreach gene of the invention three to five independent transformationevents were analyzed from each construct.

Digital imaging—A laboratory image acquisition system, which consists ofa digital reflex camera (Canon EOS 300D) attached with a 55 mm focallength lens (Canon EF-S series), mounted on a reproduction device(Kaiser RS), which included 4 light units (4×150 Watts light bulb) wasused for capturing images of plant samples.

The image capturing process is repeated every 2 days starting from day 1after transplanting till day 16. Same camera, placed in a custom madeiron mount, was used for capturing images of larger plants sawn in whitetubs in an environmental controlled greenhouse. The tubs were squareshape include 1.7 liter trays. During the capture process, the tubs wereplaced beneath the iron mount, while avoiding direct sun light andcasting of shadows.

An image analysis system was used, which consists of a personal desktopcomputer (Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and a public domain program—ImageJ1.39 (Java based image processing program which was developed at theU.S. National Institutes of Health and freely available on the internetat rsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov/).

Images were captured in resolution of 10 Mega Pixels (3888×2592 pixels)and stored in a low compression JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Groupstandard) format. Next, analyzed data was saved to text files andprocessed using the JMP statistical analysis software (SAS institute).

Leaf analysis—Using the digital analysis leaves data is calculated,including leaf number, rosette area, rosette diameter, leaf blade area,Petiole Relative Area and leaf petiole length.

Vegetative growth rate: the relative growth rate (RGR) of leaf bladearea (Formula XII), leaf number (Formula VIII), rosette area (FormulaIX), rosette diameter (Formula X), plot coverage (Formula XI) andPetiole Relative Area (LIX) as described above.

Plant Fresh and Dry weight—On about day 80 from sowing, the plants wereharvested and directly weight for the determination of the plant freshweight (FW) and left to dry at 50° C. in a drying chamber for about 48hours before weighting to determine plant dry weight (DW).

Statistical analyses—To identify genes conferring significantly improvedtolerance to abiotic stresses, the results obtained from the transgenicplants are compared to those obtained from control plants. To identifyoutperforming genes and constructs, results from the independenttransformation events tested are analyzed separately. Data was analyzedusing Student's t-test and results were considered significant if the pvalue is less than 0.1. The JMP statistics software package is used(Version 5.2.1, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, N.C., USA).

Experimental Results

Tables 189-191 summarize the observed phenotypes of transgenic plantsexogenously expressing the gene constructs using the greenhouse boltingstage (GH-SB) assays under non-stress (normal, standard) growthconditions. The genes listed in these Tables show increased biomass(e.g., increased dry weight, fresh weight, rosette area and diameter),photosynthetic area (e.g., increased leaf number, plot coverage), andincreased growth rate (e.g., increased growth rate of leaf number, plotcoverage, rosette diameter) under non-stress growth conditions. Theevaluation of each gene was performed by testing the performance ofdifferent number of events. Event with p-value <0.1 was consideredstatistically significant.

TABLE 189 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Dry Weight [mg] FreshWeight [mg] Leaf Number Gene Event P- % P- % P- % Name # Ave. Val. Incr.Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGD9 95072.1 — — — 541.7 0.18 17 — — —LGD9 95076.1 36.2 0.22 7 — — — — — — LGD9 95076.2 40.8 0.14 21 516.70.10 12 — — — CONT. — 33.8 — — 462.5 — — — — — LGD11 94073.2 34.2 0.1722 — — — — — — LGD11 94075.1 32.1 0.21 15 504.2 0.19 14 — — — LGD1194076.2 — — — — — — 10.1 0.22 6 CONT. — 27.9 — — 441.7 — — 9.54 — —LGD12 94137.2 101.7 0.17 17 — — — — — — CONT. — 86.6 — — — — — — — —LGM9 92733.2 — — — — — — 10.0 0.30 3 CONT. — — — — — — — 9.71 — — LGD1294141.2 — — — — — — 10.4 L 6 CONT. — — — — — — — 9.78 — — LGM9 92729.4 —— — 400.0 0.22 7 — — — LGM9 92731.1 32.1 0.18 43 — — — — — — LGM992731.2 27.1 0.22 20 391.7 0.13 4 — — — LGM9 92733.1 31.7 0.07 41 412.50.10 10 — — — LGM9 92733.2 28.3 0.14 26 — — — — — — CONT. — 22.5 — —375.0 — — — — — Table 189. “CONT.” = Control; “Ave.” = Average; “%Incr.” = % increment; “p-val.” = p-value, L = p < 0.01.

TABLE 190 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Plot Rosette RosetteCoverage [cm²] Area [cm²] Diameter [cm] Gene Event P- % P- % P- % Name #Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGD11 94075.1 — — — — —— 5.62 0.18 3 CONT. — — — — — — — 5.46 — — LGD9 95076.2 69.7 0.05 118.71 0.05 11 5.20 0.19 3 CONT. — 62.8 — — 7.85 — — 5.04 — — LGD1194075.1 70.1 0.29 14 8.76 0.29 14 — — — CONT. — 61.4 — — 7.67 — — — — —LGM9 92729.4 — — — — — — 4.43 0.09 1 LGM9 92733.1 52.0 0.25 7 6.50 0.257 4.51 0.09 3 CONT. — 48.8 — — 6.10 — — 4.36 — — Table 190. “CONT.” =Control; “Ave.” = Average; “% Incr.” = % increment; “p-val.” = p-value,L = p < 0.01.

TABLE 191 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter RGR OF RGR Of Plot RGR OfRosette Leaf Number Coverage Diameter Gene Event P- % P- % P- % Name #Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGD9 95072.1 0.668 0.2011 8.80 0.29 11 — — — LGD9 95076.2 — — — 8.83 0.04 12 — — — CONT. —0.600 — — 7.90 — — — — — LGD11 94076.2 0.661 0.23 11 — — — — — — CONT. —0.597 — — — — — — — — LGD12 94141.2 0.654 0.18  7 — — — — — — CONT. —0.610 — — — — — — — — LGM9 92733.1 — — — 6.58 0.28  7 — — — LGM9 92731.20.656 0.17 19 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.549 — — 6.16 — — — — — Table 191.“CONT.” = Control; “Ave.” = Average; “% Incr.” = % increment; “p-val.” =p-value, L = p < 0.01.

Example 26 Evaluating Transgenic Arabidopsis Under Normal and LowNitrogen Conditions Using Seedling Analyses of T2 and T1 Plants

Seedling analysis of plants growth under low and favorable nitrogenconcentration levels—Low nitrogen is an abiotic stress that impact rootgrowth and seedling growth. Therefore, an assay that examines plantperformance under low (0.75 mM Nitrogen) and favorable (15 mM Nitrogen)nitrogen concentrations was performed, as follows.

Surface sterilized seeds were sown in basal media [50% Murashige-Skoogmedium (MS) supplemented with 0.8% plant agar as solidifying agent] inthe presence of Kanamycin (used as a selecting agent). After sowing,plates were transferred for 2-3 days for stratification at 4° C. andthen grown at 25° C. under 12-hour light 12-hour dark daily cycles for 7to 10 days. At this time point, seedlings randomly chosen were carefullytransferred to plates containing ½ MS media (15 mM N) for the normalnitrogen concentration treatment and 0.75 mM nitrogen for the lownitrogen concentration treatments. For experiments performed in T2lines, each plate contained 5 seedlings of the same transgenic event,and 3-4 different plates (replicates) for each event. For eachpolynucleotide of the invention at least four-five independenttransformation events were analyzed from each construct. For experimentsperformed in T1 lines, each plate contained 5 seedlings of 5 independenttransgenic events and 3-4 different plates (replicates) were planted. Intotal, for T1 lines, 20 independent events were evaluated. Plantsexpressing the polynucleotides of the invention were compared to theaverage measurement of the control plants (empty vector or GUS reportergene under the same promoter) used in the same experiment.

Digital imaging—A laboratory image acquisition system, which consists ofa digital reflex camera (Canon EOS 300D) attached with a 55 mm focallength lens (Canon EF-S series), mounted on a reproduction device(Kaiser RS), which included 4 light units (4×150 Watts light bulb) andlocated in a darkroom, was used for capturing images of plantlets sawnin agar plates.

The image capturing process was repeated every 3-4 days starting at day1 till day 10 (see for example the images in FIGS. 3A-F).

An image analysis system was used, which consists of a personal desktopcomputer (Intel P4 3.0 GHz processor) and a public domain program—ImageJ1.39 (Java based image processing program which is developed at the U.S.National Institutes of Health and freely available on the internet atrsbweb (dot) nih (dot) gov). Images were captured in resolution of 10Mega Pixels (3888×2592 pixels) and stored in a low compression JPEG(Joint Photographic Experts Group standard) format. Next, analyzed datawas saved to text files and processed using the JMP statistical analysissoftware (SAS institute).

Seedling analysis—Using the digital analysis seedling data iscalculated, including leaf area, root coverage and root length.

The relative growth rate for the various seedling parameters wascalculated according to Formulas XIII (RGR leaf area), VI (RGR rootlength) and XXVIII (RGR root coverage) as described above.

At the end of the experiment, plantlets were removed from the media andweighed for the determination of plant fresh weight. Plantlets were thendried for 24 hours at 60° C., and weighed again to measure plant dryweight for later statistical analysis. Growth rate was determined bycomparing the leaf area coverage, root coverage and root length, betweeneach couple of sequential photographs, and results were used to resolvethe effect of the gene introduced on plant vigor, under osmotic stress,as well as under optimal conditions. Similarly, the effect of the geneintroduced on biomass accumulation, under osmotic stress as well asunder optimal conditions was determined by comparing the plants' freshand dry weight to that of control plants (containing an empty vector orthe GUS reporter gene under the same promoter). From every constructcreated, 3-5 independent transformation events were examined inreplicates.

Statistical analyses—To identify genes conferring significantly improvedtolerance to abiotic stresses or enlarged root architecture, the resultsobtained from the transgenic plants were compared to those obtained fromcontrol plants. To identify outperforming genes and constructs, resultsfrom the independent transformation events tested were analyzedseparately. To evaluate the effect of a gene event over a control thedata was analyzed by Student's t-test and the p value was calculated.Results were considered significant if p≤0.1. The JMP statisticssoftware package was used (Version 5.2.1, SAS Institute Inc., Cary,N.C., USA).

Experimental Results

Tables 192-194 summarize the observed phenotypes of transgenic plantsexogenously expressing the gene constructs using the seedling assaysunder non-stress (normal, standard) growth conditions. The genes listedin these Tables show increased biomass (e.g., increased dry weight,fresh weight), photosynthetic area (e.g., increased leaf area),increased root biomass (e.g., root length and root coverage) andincreased growth rate (e.g., increased growth rate of leaf area, rootcoverage and root length) under non-stress growth conditions. Theevaluation of each gene was performed by testing the performance ofdifferent number of events. Event with p-value <0.1 was consideredstatistically significant.

TABLE 192 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Dry Weight Fresh Weight[mg] [mg] Gene Event P- % P- % Name # Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr.LGD7 95622.1 11.5 0.15 29 205.2 0.12 31 LGD7 95622.2 12.2 L 37 209.80.01 34 LGD7 95625.1 12.3 L 38 208.6 L 33 LGD14 96776.5 10.4 0.23 17 — —— CONT. — 8.92 — — 157.1 — — LGB8 96534.3 — — — 191.7 0.29 19 LGB195791.1 — — — 171.1 0.22 6 LGB1 95792.3 10.8 0.14  9 177.2 0.24 10 CONT.— 9.87 — — 160.7 — — LGB5 94192.1 — — — 130.6 0.22 8 LGB5 94192.3 9.300.16 27 163.5 0.12 36 LGB5 94193.1 8.53 0.08 16 — — — LGB2 94882.3 10.10.18 38 168.0 0.21 39 LGB2 94884.1 8.38 0.16 14 156.6 L 30 LGB16 94702.2— — — 135.7 0.09 13 LGB16 94702.4 8.82 0.03 20 141.1 L 17 LGB16 94702.58.82 L 20 — — — LGB15 93971.4 8.93 0.08 22 146.2 0.15 21 LGB15 93971.69.38 0.13 28 153.7 0.21 28 LGB11 93849.4 9.25 0.24 26 155.0 0.18 29LGB11 93849.5 8.82 0.02 20 156.8 L 30 CONT. — 7.34 — — 120.5 — — MGP3896042.4 9.12 0.04 25 154.8 0.14 19 MGP38 96043.2 10.2 L 40 177.4 L 37MGP38 96045.1 12.8 0.02 75 195.9 0.03 51 MGP38 96045.2 8.97 L 23 151.00.01 16 MGP35 96180.3 11.8 L 62 193.1 0.04 49 MGP35 96181.2 9.38 0.14 28163.1 0.23 26 MGP35 96184.1 9.55 L 30 154.2 0.09 19 MGP35 96184.3 8.200.18 12 — — — MGP34 96354.1 13.1 0.01 79 212.5 0.07 64 MGP34 96354.39.80 L 34 158.0 L 22 MGP34 96356.1 — — — 136.4 0.26 5 MGP34 96356.2 9.750.07 33 154.2 0.18 19 MGP34 96356.3 13.1 0.02 79 208.4 0.01 61 MGP3396056.2 12.3 L 69 199.5 L 54 MGP33 96056.3 8.97 L 23 152.9 0.11 18 MGP3396057.3 10.6 0.08 44 185.3 0.11 43 MGP33 96057.4 8.40 0.27 15 — — —MGP28 96288.2 7.93 0.11  8 — — — MGP28 96289.2 9.75 0.05 33 168.3 0.1030 MGP28 96289.4 10.9 0.03 49 177.2 0.07 37 MGP28 96290.3 8.30 0.19 13147.2 0.16 13 MGP28 96290.4 7.92 0.15  8 — — — MGP23 96343.4 9.10 L 24152.4 0.06 18 MGP23 96344.3 9.67 L 32 162.3 L 25 MGP17 96306.3 10.9 0.1749 186.6 0.18 44 MGP17 96309.3 10.9 0.02 50 184.0 0.03 42 CONT. — 7.32 —— 129.6 — — RIN44 91124.3 — — — 140.4 0.13 8 LGM9 92729.5 8.60 0.21 27 —— — LGM9 92729.6 9.78 0.28 44 197.8 0.29 52 LGM4 93995.2 7.70 0.22 13 —— — LGM4 93995.3 7.85 0.09 16 149.1 0.05 15 LGM4 93995.4 8.97 0.06 32173.2 0.07 33 LGM4 93996.2 9.80 0.02 44 185.3 0.03 42 LGM23 96236.3 8.570.05 26 157.9 0.09 21 LGM21 93794.1 8.85 0.01 30 158.3 0.06 22 LGM2193794.3 7.92 0.25 17 150.2 0.26 15 LGM2 92804.3 7.50 0.24 11 147.4 0.2913 LGM2 92806.1 9.03 0.23 33 174.7 0.11 34 LGM2 92808.1 9.90 0.03 46199.6 0.04 53 LGM16 92370.1 8.75 0.12 29 159.8 0.22 23 LGM16 92372.28.57 0.09 26 152.7 0.09 17 LGM16 92373.1 7.60 0.03 12 155.0 0.02 19LGM16 92373.2 8.20 0.12 21 159.1 0.10 22 LGM16 92373.5 — — — 145.6 0.2312 LGM13 92506.2 7.40 0.03  9 144.0 0.01 11 LGM13 92507.1 7.35 0.11  8 —— — CONT. — 6.79 — — 130.2 — — LGM16 92369.1 9.92 0.05 22 153.6 0.11 19LGM16 92373.1 — — — 159.3 0.25 24 LGM16 92373.2 — — — 141.1 0.24 10CONT. — 8.13 — — 128.8 — — RIN44 91123.3 11.9 L 60 202.2 L 56 RIN4491124.1 9.28 0.28 25 — — — RIN44 91124.3 11.4 0.01 54 188.8 L 45 LGM2396234.1 11.2 L 51 192.3 L 48 LGM23 96234.4 10.7 0.03 44 174.6 0.04 34LGM23 96234.5 11.3 0.06 53 197.8 0.06 52 LGM23 96236.2 9.40 0.07 27158.0 0.09 22 LGM23 96236.5 8.40 0.16 13 150.5 0.09 16 LGM22 96864.215.2 L 105  268.1 0.02 106 LGM22 96867.1 14.1 L 91 232.8 L 79 LGM2296869.2 9.30 L 26 165.1 L 27 LGM22 96869.3 12.3 0.02 67 221.1 0.02 70CONT. — 7.40 — — 130.0 — — RIN44 72527.2 6.60 0.27 34 126.7 0.10 41CONT. — 4.93 — — 89.8 — — MGP40 96913.3 15.5 0.04 85 254.4 0.05 84 MGP4096914.1 12.5 0.02 49 191.6 0.02 38 MGP40 96914.2 10.6 0.04 26 163.9 0.2018 MGP40 96914.3 9.32 0.30 11 — — — MGP27 96818.2 9.50 0.03 13 147.00.16 6 MGP27 96818.3 12.7 0.06 51 200.5 0.05 45 MGP27 96820.1 12.5 L 49203.1 L 47 MGP27 96820.2 10.1 L 20 162.1 0.17 17 MGP27 96820.6 10.7 0.2127 175.8 0.24 27 MGP26 96924.1 13.6 L 62 219.1 L 58 MGP26 96924.2 11.10.07 32 174.1 0.25 26 MGP26 96925.1 14.1 L 67 221.2 L 60 MGP26 96927.113.8 0.04 64 238.9 0.02 73 MGP26 96927.4 9.45 0.12 13 150.2 0.17 8 MGP2595718.2 11.1 0.22 32 190.3 0.29 37 MGP25 95720.1 11.1 0.06 32 177.0 0.0528 MGP25 95720.4 14.8 0.08 77 232.6 0.05 68 MGP22 97008.4 10.4 L 24170.0 L 23 MGP22 97009.1 13.8 L 64 215.3 0.03 56 MGP22 97009.2 10.7 0.0327 167.0 0.21 21 MGP22 97009.3 12.9 0.02 53 217.2 0.04 57 MGP22 97009.411.2 L 33 192.7 0.03 39 MGP18 96854.2 10.2 0.02 22 163.4 0.05 18 MGP1896855.1 11.1 0.06 32 — — — MGP18 96856.3 14.0 0.03 66 255.9 0.02 85MGP18 96856.4 12.7 L 52 198.4 0.08 43 CONT. — 8.39 — — 138.5 — — RIN4491123.3 10.6 0.28 25 — — — RIN44 91123.4 11.5 L 35 209.5 0.06 37 RIN4491124.1 9.23 0.21  9 — — — LGM9 92729.4 9.70 L 14 171.6 0.07 13 LGM992731.2 10.7 L 26 189.0 L 24 LGM8 92647.2 10.5 0.12 24 195.9 0.05 28LGM8 92648.1 9.88 0.17 16 — — — LGM4 93995.1 9.80 0.15 16 173.8 0.10 14LGM4 93995.2 10.4 0.14 23 186.6 0.11 22 LGM4 93995.3 9.83 0.29 16 181.30.17 19 LGM4 93996.3 12.3 L 46 213.7 L 40 LGM23 96234.1 9.75 0.03 15173.0 0.04 13 LGM23 96234.5 9.65 0.18 14 — — — LGM23 96236.2 10.1 0.0918 — — — LGM22 96864.1 12.0 0.10 41 209.9 0.07 38 LGM22 96864.2 — — —182.7 0.26 20 LGM22 96864.4 9.53 0.17 12 — — — LGM22 96869.4 10.9 0.0829 188.9 0.22 24 LGM21 93794.1 9.90 0.09 17 175.5 0.20 15 LGM21 93794.39.67 0.27 14 — — — LGM21 93795.2 10.0 0.15 18 — — — LGM21 93798.1 11.3 L33 201.4 0.07 32 LGM2 92804.1 10.8 0.05 27 193.1 0.02 27 LGM2 92804.210.8 0.05 27 185.7 0.10 22 LGM2 92804.3 11.4 L 35 200.7 0.01 32 LGM1692369.1 12.5 0.04 48 197.8 0.02 30 LGM16 92370.1 10.8 0.22 27 — — —LGM16 92373.5 11.5 L 36 188.4 0.06 24 LGM13 92504.1 9.27 0.24  9 — — —LGM13 92504.2 11.8 0.08 40 200.4 0.15 31 LGM13 92507.1 10.7 0.13 26183.9 0.25 21 LGM13 92507.5 11.1 0.04 30 192.8 0.01 26 CONT. — 8.48 — —152.5 — — LGD6 94015.2 8.60 0.14 16 139.8 0.22 16 LGD6 94016.2 8.82 0.0919 153.0 0.04 27 LGD24 94238.3 10.8 L 46 173.2 L 44 LGD24 94238.4 10.0 L35 161.0 L 33 LGD24 94240.2 9.28 0.15 25 159.5 0.11 32 LGD24 94240.58.10 0.27  9 — — — LGD21 94233.1 9.38 0.05 26 168.6 0.02 40 LGD2194233.3 10.2 L 37 157.6 L 31 LGD21 94236.1 9.32 0.02 26 151.0 L 25 LGD1993705.1 9.65 L 30 152.1 0.08 26 LGD19 93705.2 9.83 0.14 33 169.0 0.17 40LGD19 93705.3 11.1 0.06 49 188.4 0.06 56 LGD18 94694.3 9.42 0.13 27151.5 0.11 26 LGD18 94696.1 10.9 L 47 175.1 0.02 45 LGD18 94699.2 8.550.23 15 — — — LGD17 94009.1 8.00 0.24  8 132.5 0.14 10 LGD17 94011.110.2 0.07 38 170.1 0.10 41 LGD17 94012.1 8.27 0.06 12 — — — LGD1794013.4 7.80 0.24  5 — — — LGD16 94228.1 8.62 0.26 16 — — — LGD1694228.3 — — — 137.2 0.16 14 LGD16 94230.4 10.6 0.08 42 170.8 0.04 42LGD16 94230.5 10.5 L 41 165.3 L 37 LGD16 94230.6 8.72 0.02 18 134.2 0.2911 LGD15 94034.2 8.38 0.19 13 — — — CONT. — 7.41 — — 120.7 — — MGP4294562.3 8.12 0.13 40 161.9 0.19 38 MGP42 94563.4 7.95 0.12 37 156.7 0.1334 MGP42 94566.5 6.40 0.01 10 132.1 0.04 13 MGP39 94592.2 7.10 L 22147.0 L 26 MGP34 96354.1 7.15 0.01 23 137.6 0.02 18 MGP34 96356.1 7.620.12 31 146.1 0.13 25 MGP23 96343.3 6.43 L 11 — — — MGP23 96344.1 6.680.12 15 156.2 0.21 33 MGP23 96344.3 7.22 0.09 24 140.2 0.07 20 MGP1796306.1 7.22 0.26 24 146.4 0.18 25 MGP17 96306.3 8.75 0.19 51 165.2 0.2741 MGP17 96309.2 7.30 0.03 26 149.4 L 28 MGP15 94826.1 6.53 0.14 12133.7 0.14 14 MGP15 94827.2 6.85 0.11 18 178.4 0.21 52 MGP15 94828.27.30 L 26 143.1 0.01 22 MGP15 94830.3 7.58 L 30 160.6 0.20 37 CONT. —5.81 — — 117.1 — — MGP42 94562.2 8.60 0.04 33 142.7 0.15 23 MGP4294566.3 8.60 0.14 33 148.5 0.19 28 MGP42 94566.5 7.65 0.14 18 — — —MGP39 94594.1 7.85 0.12 21 — — — MGP39 94596.2 8.33 0.05 28 137.8 0.0419 MGP39 94597.2 7.75 0.18 20 — — — MGP21 94569.2 7.85 L 21 135.5 0.0217 MGP21 94572.1 7.50 0.15 16 — — — MGP21 94572.2 10.5 0.03 62 171.60.08 48 MGP21 94573.1 9.65 L 49 160.2 0.02 38 MGP20 94575.1 8.72 L 35135.7 0.24 17 MGP20 94579.1 10.2 0.02 57 158.5 0.05 37 MGP20 94579.48.78 0.03 35 — — — MGP16 95060.1 9.53 0.02 47 173.6 0.02 50 MGP1695392.1 8.68 L 34 143.7 0.13 24 MGP16 95392.2 8.57 0.13 32 — — — MGP1695393.1 9.62 L 49 157.5 0.03 36 MGP15 94826.1 7.85 0.01 21 128.6 0.17 11MGP15 94827.2 8.53 0.04 32 147.7 0.19 27 MGP15 94828.2 11.2 0.03 73190.4 0.02 64 MGP15 94830.3 7.73 0.06 19 — — — CONT. — 6.48 — — 115.9 —— LGM2 92804.2 12.4 L 34 217.5 L 41 LGM2 92804.4 14.5 0.03 56 242.4 L 58LGM2 92806.3 — — — 182.4 0.30 19 LGM13 92504.2 10.6 0.29 14 178.3 0.2516 CONT. — 9.28 — — 153.7 — — Table 192. “CONT.” = Control; “Ave.” =Average; “% Incr.” = % increment; “p-val.” = p-value, L = p < 0.01.

TABLE 193 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Leaf Roots Roots Area[cm²] Coverage [cm²] Length [cm] Gene Event P- % P- % P- % Name # Ave.Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGD7 95622.1 0.897 0.14 3013.8 0.04 36 7.80 0.02 6 LGD7 95622.2 0.827 0.05 20 12.8 0.02 27 — — —LGD7 95625.1 0.835 L 21 12.0 0.15 18 — — — LGD14 96776.3 0.763 0.14 1112.6 L 24 7.74 L 6 LGD14 96776.5 0.824 0.15 20 11.9 0.23 18 7.57 0.25 3LGD14 96778.1 — — — 11.6 0.26 14 7.58 0.15 3 CONT. — 0.688 — — 10.1 — —7.33 — — LGB8 96534.3 0.840 0.18 11 — — — — — — LGB4 96493.1 — — — — — —8.17 0.19 5 LGB14 96600.4 — — — 13.1 L 16 7.94 0.23 2 LGB1 95791.1 0.8010.24 5 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.760 — — 11.2 — — 7.81 — — LGB5 94192.1 — —— 10.5 0.09 19 — — — LGB5 94192.3 0.803 0.23 18 10.6 0.14 20 — — — LGB594193.1 — — — 9.56 0.23 9 — — — LGB5 94193.2 0.742 0.23 9 — — — — — —LGB2 94882.3 0.817 0.19 20 10.7 0.15 21 7.88 0.15 3 LGB2 94884.1 0.7700.11 13 — — — — — — LGB16 94701.3 — — — 10.2 0.25 15 — — — LCB16 94702.2— — — — — — 8.05 L 6 LGB16 94702.4 0.766 0.07 12 — — — — — — LGB1694702.5 0.743 0.04 9 — — — — — — LGB15 93971.4 0.824 L 21 — — — — — —LGB15 93971.6 0.889 0.11 30 11.4 0.01 29 — — — LGB11 93849.4 0.829 0.1621 — — — 8.01 0.02 5 LGB11 93849.5 0.802 0.02 18 11.3 0.03 29 — — —LGB11 93850.1 0.782 0.16 15 10.9 0.08 23 — — — CONT. — 0.682 — — 8.81 —— 7.63 — — MGP38 96042.4 0.662 0.14 7 13.2 L 40 — — — MGP38 96043.20.706 0.10 14 12.5 0.03 33 8.11 0.11 4 MGP38 96043.4 — — — — — — 8.010.13 2 MGP38 96045.1 0.809 L 30 15.5 L 65 — — — MGP38 96045.2 — — — 12.1L 29 — — — MGP35 96180.3 0.753 L 22 13.7 0.03 45 8.29 0.04 6 MGP3596181.2 — — — 11.7 0.07 25 — — — MGP35 96184.1 0.708 0.09 14 14.4 L 538.24 0.02 5 MGP35 96184.3 — — — 13.0 L 38 8.14 0.03 4 MCP34 96354.10.860 0.02 39 13.8 L 47 — — — MGP34 96354.3 0.692 0.06 12 15.2 L 62 8.210.07 5 MGP34 96356.1 — — — 10.9 0.10 16 — — — MGP34 96356.2 0.698 0.2413 13.7 L 46 7.99 0.18 2 MGP34 96356.3 0.836 0.02 35 15.1 L 61 — — —MGP33 96055.3 — — — 10.5 0.11 12 — — — MGP33 96056.2 0.856 L 38 14.9 L58 — — — MGP33 96056.3 0.654 0.09 5 11.8 0.08 25 — — — MGP33 96057.30.766 0.12 24 11.6 0.07 24 — — — MGP33 96057.4 — — — 12.5 0.09 33 — — —MGP28 96288.2 — — — 13.5 0.04 44 8.23 L 5 MGP28 96289.2 0.696 0.18 1212.8 0.01 37 — — — MGP28 96289.4 0.764 0.05 23 15.2 0.02 62 8.20 0.14 5MGP28 96290.3 — — — 13.1 L 39 — — — MGP28 96290.4 — — — 13.0 L 39 — — —MGP23 96343.3 — — — 11.5 0.15 22 — — — MGP23 96343.4 0.674 0.13 9 15.5 L65 8.30 L 6 MGP23 96344.3 0.669 0.19 8 13.5 0.05 44 8.17 L 4 MGP1796306.1 — — — 11.4 0.07 22 8.15 0.23 4 MGP17 96306.3 0.752 0.27 21 12.60.07 34 — — — MGP17 96309.1 — — — 12.4 0.02 32 — — — MGP17 96309.2 — — —10.4 0.27 11 — — — MGP17 96309.3 0.718 0.02 16 14.4 L 53 8.12 0.05 4CONT. — 0.620 — — 9.41 — — 7.82 — — RIN44 91124.3 0.768 0.20 7 — — —7.93 0.07 5 LGM9 92729.5 0.857 0.15 19 11.7 0.27 16 — — — LGM8 92646.3 —— — 10.7 0.24 6 8.19 L 8 LGM8 92647.1 — — — — — — 7.90 0.06 4 LGM493995.2 0.798 0.22 11 — — — 7.95 0.02 5 LGM4 93995.3 0.839 L 16 — — —7.70 0.23 2 LGM4 93995.4 0.930 0.01 29 11.2 0.16 11 7.90 0.17 4 LGM493996.2 1.01 L 40 12.7 0.07 25 7.96 L 5 LGM23 96234.1 — — — — — — 8.050.01 6 LGM23 96236.3 0.845 0.04 17 — — — — — — LGM23 96236.5 — — — — — —7.81 0.11 3 LGM21 93794.1 0.830 0.17 15 13.4 0.04 32 — — — LGM21 93794.30.785 0.22 9 — — — — — — LGM2 92804.3 0.782 0.01 8 12.1 0.28 19 — — —LGM2 92806.1 0.878 0.13 22 — — — — — — LGM2 92806.3 — — — 12.3 0.27 21 —— — LGM2 92808.1 0.985 0.01 37 14.9 L 47 — — — LGM2 92808.2 — — — 13.80.14 36 — — — LGM16 92370.1 0.874 0.11 21 — — — — — — LGM16 92372.20.825 0.04 14 16.3 L 61 — — — LGM13 92506.2 0.796 L 10 — — — 7.85 0.12 4LGM13 92506.3 0.815 0.25 13 — — — — — — LGM13 92507.1 0.790 0.25 10 — —— — — — CONT. — 0.721 — — 10.1 — — 7.57 — — LGM16 92369.1 0.772 0.03 129.89 0.08 22 — — — LGM16 92373.2 — — — 8.52 0.26 5 — — — CONT. — 0.690 —— 8.08 — — — — — RIN44 91123.3 0.849 L 39 11.5 0.21 28 — — — RIN4491124.3 0.856 L 40 11.2 0.15 24 — — — LGM23 96234.1 0.781 0.08 28 11.4 L26 7.59 0.13 9 LGM23 96234.4 0.781 0.02 28 12.0 0.16 32 — — — LGM2396234.5 0.854 L 40 13.0 0.02 44 7.54 0.10 8 LGM23 96236.2 0.715 0.02 1710.6 0.03 17 — — — LGM22 96864.2 0.952 0.02 56 11.8 0.10 31 — — — LGM2296867.1 0.929 L 52 10.3 0.12 14 — — — LGM22 96869.2 0.772 L 26 10.8 0.1319 7.21 0.05 3 LGM22 96869.3 0.853 L 40 12.6 0.02 40 7.74 0.07 11 CONT.— 0.611 — — 9.05 — — 6.98 — — MGP40 96913.3 0.890 0.05 42 16.6 L 60 8.22L 14 MGP40 96914.1 0.792 0.01 26 16.7 L 60 7.85 0.07 9 MGP40 96914.20.754 0.04 20 14.7 L 42 7.78 L 8 MGP40 96914.3 — — — 13.2 0.10 27 — — —MGP27 96818.2 0.671 0.24 7 14.2 L 37 7.82 L 9 MGP27 96818.3 0.810 0.0429 16.2 0.02 56 7.70 0.07 7 MGP27 96820.1 0.757 L 20 15.1 L 46 7.62 0.086 MGP27 96820.2 0.743 L 18 15.1 L 46 8.00 L 11 MGP27 96820.6 0.714 0.2014 16.1 0.08 55 8.05 L 12 MGP26 96924.1 0.882 L 40 13.6 L 31 7.59 0.16 5MGP26 96924.2 0.706 0.25 12 13.3 0.10 28 — — — MGP26 96925.1 0.831 L 3214.5 L 39 — — — MGP26 96927.1 0.876 0.01 39 15.2 L 46 7.71 L 7 MGP2696927.4 — — — 15.6 0.02 50 7.68 0.03 7 MGP25 95718.2 0.776 0.24 23 13.20.25 27 — — — MGP25 95720.1 0.763 0.03 21 14.7 0.03 42 7.60 0.16 6 MGP2595720.4 0.841 0.05 34 15.6 0.03 50 7.81 0.13 8 MGP22 97008.4 0.711 L 1312.8 0.15 23 — — — MGP22 97009.1 0.921 0.02 46 17.5 0.01 68 7.79 L 8MGP22 97009.2 0.755 0.04 20 16.1 0.06 55 7.86 L 9 MGP22 97009.3 0.842 L34 15.4 L 48 7.65 0.01 6 MGP22 97009.4 0.808 L 29 14.5 0.02 40 7.84 0.029 MGP18 96854.2 — — — 11.8 0.13 14 — — — MGP18 96856.3 0.878 0.02 4015.2 0.01 46 7.70 0.03 7 MGP18 96856.4 0.793 0.18 26 14.4 0.22 38 — — —CONT. — 0.629 — — 10.4 — — 7.20 — — RIN44 91123.4 0.942 L 12 — — — — — —RIN44 91124.1 0.923 0.09 9 — — — 7.99 0.06 5 LGM9 92729.4 1.08 L 27 — —— — — — LGM9 92731.2 0.985 0.01 17 14.6 L 17 7.98 0.02 5 LGM8 92646.3 —— — — — — 8.04 L 5 LGM8 92647.1 1.01 0.01 19 — — — 7.89 0.22 3 LGM892647.2 1.02 0.04 21 14.0 0.19 12 8.16 L 7 LGM8 92648.1 0.947 0.18 12 —— — 8.11 0.15 6 LGM4 93995.1 1.03 0.03 22 — — — — — — LGM4 93995.2 1.030.05 22 14.1 0.28 12 8.17 L 7 LGM4 93995.3 0.953 0.19 13 — — — 7.89 0.183 LGM4 93995.4 1.05 0.13 24 — — — — — — LGM4 93996.3 1.09 L 29 16.7 L 347.91 0.28 4 LGM23 96234.1 1.05 L 24 — — — — — — LGM23 96234.5 1.04 0.1623 — — — — — — LGM23 96236.2 0.979 0.14 16 — — — — — — LGM23 96236.30.895 0.29 6 — — — — — — LGM22 96864.1 1.05 L 24 15.0 0.06 20 — — —LGM22 96864.2 0.986 0.10 17 — — — — — — LGM22 96864.4 0.987 0.05 17 13.90.25 11 8.19 0.04 7 LGM22 96869.2 0.920 0.12 9 13.6 0.15 9 7.89 0.30 3LGM22 96869.4 0.958 0.05 13 — — — — — — LGM21 93794.1 0.906 0.24 7 — — —— — — LGM21 93794.3 0.972 0.15 15 — — — — — — LGM21 93795.2 0.945 0.2312 13.7 0.16 9 8.11 L 6 LGM21 93798.1 1.02 L 21 14.7 0.11 17 8.00 0.16 5LGM12 92804.1 1.03 L 22 15.5 L 24 — — — LGM2 92804.2 0.998 L 18 15.8 L26 — — — LGM2 92804.3 1.12 0.01 32 16.8 L 35 — — — LGM2 92806.3 0.8970.19 6 16.5 0.02 32 — — — LGM16 92369.1 1.03 0.03 22 — — — — — — LGM1692370.1 0.998 0.11 18 — — — — — — LGM16 92373.5 1.02 L 21 14.9 0.03 197.87 0.10 3 LGM13 92504.1 0.989 L 17 — — — 7.79 0.26 2 LGM13 92504.21.06 0.07 25 — — — — — — LGM13 92506.3 0.960 0.12 14 — — — — — — LGM1392507.1 1.05 0.07 24 — — — — — — LGM13 92507.5 1.02 0.04 21 14.4 0.05 157.96 0.09 4 CONT. — 0.845 — — 12.5 — — 7.63 — — LGD6 94014.1 — — — 12.60.07 17 7.63 0.06 5 LGD6 94015.2 0.745 0.15 6 — — — 7.57 L 4 LGD694016.2 0.762 0.14 9 — — — 7.65 0.11 5 LGD6 94018.1 — — — 12.5 L 16 — —— LGD24 94238.3 0.896 L 28 — — — — — — LGD24 94238.4 0.878 L 26 — — —7.45 0.25 3 LGD24 94240.2 0.805 0.22 15 — — — — — — LGD24 94240.4 — — —— — — 7.66 L 6 LGD24 94240.5 0.800 0.06 14 — — — — — — LGD21 94233.10.879 0.01 26 — — — 7.80 L 8 LGD21 94233.3 0.885 0.01 26 11.7 0.26 97.79 0.01 7 LGD21 94233.4 0.756 0.24 8 — — — 7.61 0.02 5 LGD21 94235.20.846 L 21 — — — 7.79 0.02 7 LGD21 94236.1 0.806 0.05 15 — — — 7.55 0.064 LGD19 93705.1 0.832 0.02 19 — — — — — — LGD19 93705.2 0.844 0.03 21 —— — — — — LGD19 93705.3 0.882 0.07 26 — — — — — — LGD19 93709.2 — — —12.4 0.23 16 — — — LGD18 94694.3 0.801 0.17 14 — — — 7.60 0.16 5 LGD1894696.1 0.954 L 36 12.2 0.29 13 — — — LGD18 94698.3 — — — — — — 7.430.22 2 LGD18 94699.2 0.835 0.03 19 13.0 0.06 21 7.83 L 8 LGD17 94009.10.774 0.19 11 — — — 7.57 0.06 4 LGD17 94011.1 0.878 0.06 25 12.3 0.19 15— — — LGD17 94012.1 — — — 13.0 0.16 21 — — — LGD16 94228.1 0.791 0.17 13— — — — — — LGD16 94228.3 0.831 0.26 19 — — — 7.52 0.09 4 LGD16 94230.40.851 0.05 22 — — — — — — LGD16 94230.5 0.858 L 23 11.9 0.28 10 7.730.02 7 LGD16 94230.6 0.750 0.22 7 — — — 7.63 0.24 5 LGD15 94007.2 — — —— — — 7.46 0.13 3 LGD15 94034.1 — — — 12.8 0.03 19 7.54 0.02 4 LGD1594034.2 — — — — — — 7.79 L 7 LGD10 93829.1 — — — 12.2 0.29 14 7.53 0.244 LGD10 93830.3 — — — — — — 7.50 0.23 3 LGD10 93832.1 0.738 0.16 6 — — —— — — LGD10 93833.1 — — — 12.9 0.16 20 — — — CONT. — 0.700 — — 10.7 — —7.25 — — MGP42 94562.2 — — — 13.4 L 37 8.23 0.03 8 MGP42 94562.3 0.7420.20 12 12.8 0.05 30 — — — MGP42 94563.4 — — — 14.9 0.06 52 8.05 0.22 5MGP42 94566.3 — — — 11.2 0.07 14 — — — MGP42 94566.5 — — — 12.8 0.06 30— — — MGP39 94592.2 0.748 0.06 13 12.9 0.02 32 8.06 0.02 5 MGP39 94594.1— — — 12.2 0.16 24 — — — MGP39 94596.2 — — — 12.6 0.15 28 — — — MGP3994596.3 — — — 11.3 0.24 15 — — — MGP39 94597.2 — — — 11.2 0.02 14 7.99 L5 MGP34 96354.1 — — — 12.4 0.03 26 — — — MGP34 96354.3 — — — — — — 8.050.26 5 MGP34 96356.1 0.752 0.24 14 13.3 0.02 35 8.11 0.02 6 MGP3496356.2 — — — 11.7 0.20 19 7.86 0.14 3 MGP34 96356.3 — — — 11.9 0.15 21— — — MGP23 96343.3 — — — 11.3 0.07 15 — — — MGP23 96343.4 — — — 12.10.10 23 — — — MGP23 96344.1 — — — 12.3 L 26 — — — MGP23 96344.3 0.7200.27 9 12.8 0.03 30 8.13 L 6 MGP17 96306.1 — — — 13.3 0.07 36 — — —MGP17 96306.3 0.799 0.04 21 13.4 0.03 36 7.99 0.13 5 MGP17 96309.1 — — —11.4 0.09 16 — — — MGP17 96309.2 0.708 0.23 7 13.9 L 41 — — — MGP1594827.1 — — — 12.5 0.14 27 — — — MGP15 94827.2 — — — 12.2 0.23 25 — — —MGP15 94828.2 0.752 0.04 14 13.1 L 33 — — — MGP15 94830.3 0.727 0.11 1013.4 L 36 8.23 0.06 8 CONT. — 0.660 — — 9.82 — — 7.64 — — MGP42 94562.20.700 0.19 14 12.3 0.04 29 — — — MGP42 94563.4 — — — 10.9 0.29 15 — — —MGP42 94566.3 0.722 0.09 18 12.4 0.01 30 8.20 0.12 4 MGP42 94566.5 — — —11.5 0.07 21 8.23 0.18 4 MGP39 94592.2 — — — 10.7 0.19 13 8.21 0.12 4MGP39 94594.1 0.744 0.03 21 11.4 L 20 8.17 0.08 4 MGP39 94596.2 0.7200.02 18 11.5 0.13 21 — — — MGP39 94596.3 — — — 11.7 0.03 23 8.43 L 7MGP21 94569.2 0.725 L 18 12.0 0.02 26 — — — MGP21 94571.2 — — — 11.10.14 17 — — — MGP21 94572.1 0.695 0.08 13 11.3 L 19 8.55 0.08 8 MGP2194572.2 0.883 L 44 14.3 L 50 8.39 L 6 MGP21 94573.1 0.799 L 30 12.8 L 348.08 0.13 2 MGP20 94574.1 — — — 11.0 0.05 16 — — — MGP20 94574.2 — — —12.2 L 28 8.31 0.02 5 MGP20 94575.1 0.733 L 20 10.4 0.21 10 — — — MGP2094579.1 0.790 0.12 29 14.0 L 47 8.52 L 8 MGP20 94579.4 0.688 0.10 1213.4 0.03 41 8.33 0.30 6 MGP16 95060.1 0.765 0.02 25 11.3 0.17 19 — — —MGP16 95392.1 0.725 L 18 12.1 0.03 27 8.16 0.25 3 MGP16 95392.2 — — —11.5 0.14 22 — — — MGP16 95392.3 — — — 11.2 0.04 18 — — — MGP16 95393.10.811 L 32 12.1 0.11 27 — — — MGP15 94826.1 — — — 11.4 0.02 20 — — —MGP15 94827.1 — — — 11.1 0.11 16 8.11 0.09 3 MGP15 94827.2 0.676 0.10 10— — — — — — MGP15 94828.2 0.890 0.01 45 14.7 0.01 55 8.37 0.09 6 MGP1594830.3 0.675 0.12 10 11.7 0.02 23 — — — CONT. — 0.613 — — 9.50 — — 7.89— — LGM2 92804.2 0.894 L 20 11.9 L 20 — — — LGM2 92804.3 0.797 0.19 7 —— — — — — LGM2 92804.4 0.955 0.01 28 13.6 0.07 37 — — — LGM2 92806.30.902 0.15 21 12.4 0.03 26 — — — LGM13 92504.1 0.811 0.24 9 — — — — — —LGM13 92504.2 0.901 0.08 21 — — — — — — LGM13 92507.1 0.908 0.04 22 — —— — — — LGM13 92507.5 0.803 0.27 8 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.746 — — 9.87 —— — — — Table 193. “CONT.” = Control; “Ave.” = Average; “% Incr.” = %increment; “p-val.” = p-value, L = p < 0.01.

TABLE 194 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter RGR Of RGR Of Roots RGROf Leaf Area Coverage Root Length Gene Event P- % P- % P- % Name # Ave.Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGD7 95622.1 0.0922 0.01 291.68 L 36 — — — LGD7 95622.2 0.0881 0.02 23 1.58 0.02 27 — — — LGD795625.1 0.0874 0.02 22 1.47 0.10 19 — — — LGD14 96776.3 — — — 1.54 0.0324 — — — LGD14 96776.5 0.0885 0.02 24 1.46 0.13 18 — — — LGD14 96778.1 —— — 1.42 0.20 15 — — — CONT. — 0.0716 — — 1.24 — — — — — LGB14 96600.40.0900 0.29 13 1.60 0.19 16 — — — CONT. — 0.0795 — — 1.37 — — — — — LGB594192.1 — — — 1.25 0.06 18 — — — LGB5 94192.3 0.0870 0.22 21 1.27 0.0320 0.802 0.17 7 LGB5 94193.1 — — — 1.17 0.27 10 — — — LGB5 94193.20.0786 0.21 9 — — — — — — LGB2 94882.3 0.0858 0.22 20 1.31 0.02 23 0.8340.02 12 LGB2 94884.1 0.0825 0.25 15 1.16 0.28 10 — — — LGB16 94701.3 — —— 1.20 0.16 13 — — — LGB16 94702.2 — — — — — — 0.767 0.10 3 LGB1694702.4 0.0807 0.10 12 1.18 0.22 11 — — — LGB16 94702.5 0.0756 0.24 5 —— — — — — LGB15 93971.4 0.0877 0.08 22 — — — — — — LGB15 93971.6 0.09430.02 31 1.36 L 28 — — — LGB11 93849.4 0.0873 0.11 22 1.17 0.26 10 — — —LGB11 93849.5 0.0853 0.02 19 1.37 L 30 — — — LGB11 93850.1 0.0830 0.2316 1.31 0.01 24 — — — CONT. — 0.0718 — — 1.06 — — 0.748 — — MGP3896042.4 — — — 1.62 L 41 — — — MGP38 96043.2 0.0769 0.11 17 1.52 L 320.819 0.18 7 MGP38 96043.4 — — — 1.31 0.20 14 — — — MGP38 96045.1 0.0877L 33 1.90 L 65 — — — MGP38 96045.2 — — — 1.49 L 30 — — — MGP35 96180.30.0811 0.02 23 1.68 L 46 0.829 0.13 8 MGP35 96181.2 — — — 1.44 0.02 25 —— — MGP35 96184.1 0.0745 0.19 13 1.77 L 53 — — — MGP35 96184.3 — — —1.60 L 39 — — — MGP34 96354.1 0.0920 L 40 1.67 L 45 — — — MGP34 96354.30.0731 0.26 11 1.87 L 62 — — — MGP34 96356.1 — — — 1.34 0.11 16 — — —MGP34 96356.2 0.0736 0.26 12 1.68 L 46 — — — MGP34 96356.3 0.0920 L 401.86 L 62 — — — MGP33 96055.3 — — — 1.29 0.23 12 — — — MGP33 96056.20.0918 L 39 1.83 L 59 — — — MGP33 96056.3 — — — 1.43 0.02 24 — — — MGP3396057.3 0.0810 0.04 23 1.42 0.03 23 — — — MGP33 96057.4 — — — 1.54 L 34— — — MGP28 96288.2 — — — 1.64 L 43 — — — MGP28 96289.2 — — — 1.56 L 36— — — MGP28 96289.4 0.0816 0.03 24 1.87 L 62 — — — MGP28 96290.3 — — —1.59 L 38 — — — MGP28 96290.4 — — — 1.60 L 39 — — — MGP23 96343.3 — — —1.39 0.07 21 — — — MGP23 96343.4 0.0730 0.26 11 1.91 L 66 — — — MGP2396344.3 — — — 1.65 L 43 — — — MGP17 96306.1 — — — 1.41 0.03 22 — — —MGP17 96306.3 0.0805 0.07 22 1.55 L 34 — — — MGP17 96309.1 — — — 1.53 L33 — — — MGP17 96309.3 0.0757 0.13 15 1.76 L 53 — — — CONT. — 0.0659 — —1.15 — — 0.768 — — RIN44 91124.3 0.0810 0.24 7 — — — — — — LGM9 92729.50.0921 0.04 22 1.36 0.19 14 — — — LGM9 92729.6 0.0946 0.04 25 — — —0.703 0.23 4 LGM8 92646.3 — — — — — — 0.722 0.06 7 LGM8 92646.4 — — — —— — 0.731 0.02 8 LGM8 92647.2 — — — — — — 0.698 0.04 3 LGM8 92648.1 — —— — — — 0.699 0.01 3 LGM4 93995.2 0.0835 0.25 11 — — — 0.729 0.24 8 LGM493995.3 0.0925 0.02 23 — — — 0.718 0.07 6 LGM4 93995.4 0.0974 L 29 — — —0.704 0.06 4 LGM4 93996.2 0.106 L 40 1.47 0.03 24 0.716 0.19 6 LGM2396234.1 — — — — — — 0.691 0.16 2 LGM23 96236.3 0.0906 0.05 20 — — —0.711 0.24 5 LGM23 96236.5 — — — — — — 0.708 0.10 5 LGM21 93794.1 0.08790.11 17 1.60 L 35 — — — LGM21 93794.3 0.0840 0.26 11 — — — — — — LGM292804.3 0.0793 0.19 5 1.39 0.13 17 — — — LGM2 92806.1 0.0908 0.06 201.46 0.06 22 — — — LGM2 92806.3 — — — 1.46 0.05 23 — — — LGM2 92808.10.104 0.02 38 1.79 L 50 — — — LGM2 92808.2 — — — 1.64 L 38 — — — LGM1692370.1 0.0937 0.02 24 — — — 0.726 0.24 7 LGM16 92372.2 0.0910 L 21 2.01L 69 0.743 0.04 10 LGM16 92373.2 0.0847 0.24 12 — — — 0.743 0.15 10LGM13 92506.2 0.0827 L 10 — — — 0.704 0.18 4 LGM13 92506.3 0.0874 0.1316 — — — — — — LGM13 92507.1 0.0841 0.26 11 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.0755 —— 1.19 — — 0.677 — — LGM16 92369.1 0.0778 0.07 12 1.21 0.08 24 0.7500.14 11 LGM16 92373.1 — — — — — — 0.717 0.19 6 LGM16 92373.2 — — — 1.030.20 6 — — — CONT. — 0.0698 — — 0.977 — — 0.677 — — RIN44 91123.3 0.0901L 42 1.42 0.03 28 — — — RIN44 91124.3 0.0884 L 40 1.37 0.06 23 — — —LGM23 96234.1 0.0825 L 30 1.40 0.03 26 0.776 L 16 LGM23 96234.4 0.0819 L29 1.46 0.02 31 — — — LGM23 96234.5 0.0881 L 39 1.60 L 44 0.715 0.26 7LGM23 96236.2 0.0734 0.14 16 1.31 0.14 18 — — — LGM22 96864.2 0.0992 L57 1.46 0.01 31 0.744 0.06 11 LGM22 96867.1 0.0971 L 53 1.27 0.23 150.725 0.16 8 LGM22 96869.2 0.0810 0.01 28 1.31 0.14 18 — — — LGM2296869.3 0.0894 L 41 1.55 L 39 0.744 0.06 11 CONT. — 0.0633 — — 1.11 — —0.670 — — MGP40 96912.2 — — — 1.44 0.25 13 — — — MGP40 96913.3 0.09400.05 43 2.04 L 60 0.829 0.01 15 MGP40 96914.1 0.0859 L 31 2.05 L 600.763 0.20 6 MGP40 96914.2 0.0785 0.05 20 1.80 L 41 0.753 0.10 5 MGP4096914.3 — — — 1.63 0.01 27 — — — MGP27 96818.2 — — — 1.75 L 37 0.7500.21 4 MGP27 96818.3 0.0863 L 32 2.00 L 56 — — — MGP27 96820.1 0.08060.02 23 1.86 L 45 — — — MGP27 96820.2 0.0780 L 19 1.86 L 46 0.737 0.29 3MGP27 96820.6 0.0736 0.22 12 1.98 L 55 0.774 0.22 8 MGP26 96924.1 0.0911L 39 1.67 L 31 0.803 0.06 12 MGP26 96924.2 — — — 1.64 0.01 28 0.768 0.287 MGP26 96925.1 0.0849 L 29 1.78 L 39 — — — MGP26 96927.1 0.0920 L 401.86 L 45 0.769 0.25 7 MGP26 96927.4 — — — 1.92 L 50 — — — MGP25 95718.20.0771 0.14 18 1.62 0.04 26 — — — MGP25 95720.1 0.0803 0.02 23 1.82 L 420.749 0.22 4 MGP25 95720.4 0.0853 0.07 30 1.90 L 49 — — — MGP22 97008.40.0733 0.22 12 1.58 0.04 23 — — — MGP22 97009.1 0.0992 L 51 2.15 L 680.771 0.23 7 MGP22 97009.2 0.0809 0.04 23 1.99 L 56 0.797 0.13 11 MGP2297009.3 0.0900 L 37 1.89 L 48 — — — MGP22 97009.4 0.0829 L 27 1.78 L 39— — — MGP18 96854.2 — — — 1.46 0.19 14 — — — MGP18 96855.1 — — — 1.480.24 16 — — — MGP18 96855.2 — — — 1.60 0.05 25 — — — MGP18 96856.30.0929 L 42 1.88 L 47 0.790 0.11 10 MGP18 96856.4 0.0825 0.02 26 1.76 L38 — — — CONT. — 0.0656 — — 1.28 — — 0.719 — — RIN44 91123.4 0.0974 0.1713 1.64 0.28 10 — — — RIN44 91124.1 0.0956 0.25 11 — — — — — — LGM992729.4 0.111 L 29 — — — — — — LGM9 92731.2 0.100 0.08 16 1.73 0.06 16 —— — LGM8 92647.1 0.102 0.05 18 — — — — — — LGM8 92647.2 0.106 0.02 231.65 0.21 11 — — — LGM8 92648.1 0.0970 0.19 12 1.76 0.06 18 — — — LGM493995.1 0.108 L 25 — — — — — — LGM4 93995.2 0.107 0.01 24 1.69 0.13 140.751 0.29 8 LGM4 93995.3 0.0998 0.10 16 — — — — — — LGM4 93995.4 0.111L 29 — — — — — — LGM4 93996.3 0.113 L 31 2.01 L 35 — — — LGM23 96234.10.107 0.01 24 — — — — — — LGM23 96234.5 0.104 0.05 21 — — — — — — LGM2396236.2 0.100 0.09 16 — — — — — — LGM22 96864.1 0.108 L 25 1.79 0.03 20— — — LGM22 96864.2 0.0989 0.12 15 1.66 0.22 12 — — — LGM22 96864.40.102 0.06 18 1.65 0.23 11 — — — LGM22 96869.4 0.0970 0.18 12 — — — — —— LGM21 93794.1 — — — 1.63 0.29 9 — — — LGM21 93794.3 0.0984 0.14 14 — —— — — — LGM21 93798.1 0.107 0.01 23 1.75 0.05 18 — — — LGM2 92804.10.103 0.03 20 1.88 L 26 0.751 0.27 8 LGM2 92804.2 0.101 0.06 18 1.89 L27 — — — LGM2 92804.3 0.112 L 29 2.01 L 35 — — — LGM2 92806.3 — — — 1.98L 33 — — — LGM16 92369.1 0.106 0.02 23 — — — — — — LGM16 92370.1 0.1030.05 19 — — — — — — LGM16 92373.5 0.105 0.02 22 1.80 0.02 21 — — — LGM1392504.1 0.102 0.09 18 — — — — — — LGM13 92504.2 0.106 0.02 22 — — — — —— LGM13 92506.3 0.101 0.08 17 — — — — — — LGM13 92507.1 0.107 0.02 24 —— — — — — LGM13 92507.5 0.105 0.03 21 1.73 0.06 16 — — — CONT. — 0.0863— — 1.49 — — 0.695 — — LGD6 94014.1 — — — 1.49 0.20 16 — — — LGD694018.1 — — — 1.48 0.24 15 — — — LGD24 94238.3 0.0940 L 28 — — — 0.7140.26 9 LGD24 94238.4 0.0933 L 27 — — — — — — LGD24 94240.2 0.0853 0.0916 — — — — — — LGD24 94240.5 0.0813 0.24 10 — — — — — — LGD21 94233.10.0928 L 26 — — — 0.718 0.21 9 LGD21 94233.3 0.0918 L 25 — — — 0.7150.24 9 LGD21 94235.2 0.0899 0.01 22 — — — — — — LGD21 94236.1 0.08330.14 13 — — — — — — LGD19 93705.1 0.0877 0.04 19 — — — — — — LGD1993705.2 0.0872 0.04 19 — — — 0.729 0.14 11 LGD19 93705.3 0.0912 0.01 24— — — — — — LGD19 93709.2 — — — 1.47 0.26 15 — — — LGD18 94694.3 0.08240.19 12 1.48 0.24 15 — — — LGD18 94696.1 0.100 L 36 — — — — — — LGD1894699.2 0.0892 0.02 21 1.55 0.10 21 0.708 0.30 8 LGD17 94009.1 0.08110.26 10 — — — — — — LGD17 94011.1 0.0943 L 28 1.50 0.20 16 — — — LGD1794012.1 — — — 1.56 0.10 21 — — — LGD16 94228.1 0.0822 0.20 12 — — — — —— LGD16 94228.3 0.0905 0.02 23 — — — — — — LGD16 94230.4 0.0918 L 251.52 0.17 18 — — — LGD16 94230.5 0.0920 L 25 — — — 0.720 0.21 9 LGD1594034.1 — — — 1.54 0.12 20 — — — LGD10 93833.1 — — — 1.57 0.09 22 — — —CONT. — 0.0736 — — 1.28 — — 0.658 — — MGP42 94562.2 — — — 1.57 L 37 — —— MGP42 94562.3 0.0762 0.17 12 1.53 L 33 — — — MGP42 94563.4 0.0746 0.3010 1.76 L 53 — — — MGP42 94566.3 — — — 1.33 0.13 16 — — — MGP42 94566.5— — — 1.54 L 34 — — — MGP39 94592.2 0.0760 0.16 12 1.52 L 32 — — — MGP3994594.1 — — — 1.42 0.04 23 — — — MGP39 94596.2 — — — 1.48 0.01 28 — — —MGP39 94596.3 — — — 1.30 0.23 13 — — — MGP39 94597.2 — — — 1.30 0.24 13— — — MGP34 96354.1 — — — 1.47 L 28 — — — MGP34 96354.3 — — — 1.35 0.1517 — — — MGP34 96356.1 0.0773 0.12 14 1.52 L 33 — — — MGP34 96356.20.0771 0.15 14 1.33 0.14 16 — — — MGP34 96356.3 0.0754 0.27 11 1.42 0.0623 — — — MGP23 96343.3 — — — 1.35 0.15 17 — — — MGP23 96343.4 — — — 1.390.06 21 — — — MGP23 96344.1 — — — 1.44 0.02 25 — — — MGP23 96344.30.0747 0.25 10 1.54 L 34 — — — MGP17 96306.1 — — — 1.60 L 39 — — — MGP1796306.3 0.0829 0.01 22 1.55 L 35 — — — MGP17 96309.1 — — — 1.32 0.16 15— — — MGP17 96309.2 — — — 1.66 L 44 — — — MGP15 94827.1 — — — 1.51 L 31— — — MGP15 94827.2 — — — 1.48 0.02 28 — — — MGP15 94828.2 0.0749 0.2210 1.57 L 37 — — — MGP15 94830.3 0.0771 0.11 14 1.57 L 37 0.766 0.23 8CONT. — 0.0678 — — 1.15 — — 0.707 — — MGP42 94562.2 0.0708 0.30 11 1.50L 32 — — — MGP42 94563.4 — — — 1.33 0.17 17 — — — MGP42 94566.3 0.07350.17 16 1.50 L 32 0.827 0.07 9 MGP42 94566.5 — — — 1.39 0.06 22 0.8150.15 8 MGP39 94592.2 — — — 1.30 0.21 14 — — — MGP39 94594.1 0.0762 0.0720 1.37 0.08 20 — — — MGP39 94596.2 0.0733 0.15 15 1.37 0.09 21 — — —MGP39 94596.3 — — — 1.43 0.03 26 0.794 L 5 MGP21 94569.2 0.0730 L 151.46 0.02 28 — — — MGP21 94571.2 — — — 1.36 0.10 20 — — — MGP21 94572.10.0707 0.28 11 1.35 0.10 19 0.811 0.16 7 MGP21 94572.2 0.0888 L 40 1.74L 53 0.803 0.21 6 MGP21 94573.1 0.0821 L 29 1.57 L 38 0.897 L 19 MGP2094574.1 — — — 1.30 0.20 15 — — — MGP20 94574.2 — — — 1.50 L 32 — — —MGP20 94575.1 0.0743 0.11 17 — — — — — — MGP20 94579.1 0.0820 0.15 291.69 L 49 0.853 0.02 13 MGP20 94579.4 0.0705 0.17 11 1.62 L 43 0.7810.30 3 MGP16 95060.1 0.0784 0.04 23 1.36 0.12 20 — — — MGP16 95392.10.0738 0.12 16 1.46 0.02 29 0.781 0.04 3 MGP16 95392.2 — — — 1.39 0.0723 — — — MGP16 95392.3 — — — 1.35 0.11 19 0.793 0.18 5 MGP16 95393.10.0836 L 31 1.46 0.02 29 0.798 0.29 6 MGP15 94826.1 — — — 1.37 0.07 210.792 0.30 5 MGP15 94827.1 — — — 1.31 0.19 15 — — — MGP15 94827.2 0.06890.19 8 1.45 0.06 28 — — — MGP15 94828.2 0.0921 L 45 1.78 L 57 0.787 0.104 MGP15 94830.3 — — — 1.42 0.03 25 — — — CONT. — 0.0636 — — 1.14 — —0.755 — — LGM2 92804.2 0.0911 0.01 17 1.45 L 22 — — — LGM2 92804.40.0979 0.01 26 1.68 0.06 41 — — — LGM2 92806.3 0.0908 0.21 17 1.49 0.0525 — — — LGM13 92504.2 0.0930 0.12 20 — — — — — — LGM13 92507.1 0.09610.05 23 — — — — — — LGM13 92507.5 — — — — — — 0.776 0.12 10 CONT. —0.0778 — — 1.19 — — 0.706 — — Table 194. “CONT.” = Control; “Ave.” =Average; “% Incr.” = % increment; “p-val.” = p-value, L = p < 0.01.

Tables 195-197 summarize the observed phenotypes of transgenic plantsexogenously expressing the gene constructs using the seedling assaysunder nitrogen deficient growth conditions. The genes listed in theseTables show increased biomass (e.g., increased dry weight, freshweight), photosynthetic area (e.g., increased leaf area), increased rootbiomass (e.g., root length and root coverage) and increased growth rate(e.g., increased growth rate of leaf area, root coverage and rootlength) under nitrogen deficient growth conditions. The evaluation ofeach gene was performed by testing the performance of different numberof events. Event with p-value<0.1 was considered statisticallysignificant.

TABLE 195 Genes showing improved plant performance at Low Nitrogengrowth conditions under regulation of Ar6669 promoter Dry Weight [mg]Fresh Weight [mg] Gene % % Name Event # Ave. P-Val. Incr. Ave. P-Val.Incr. RIN44 72525.4 5.22 0.17 45 103.2 0.04 43 RIN44 72527.2 — — — 92.40.19 28 CONT. — 3.60 — — 72.4 — — LGB8 96534.3 — — — 75.5 0.13 10 LGB896534.5 5.70 0.08 25 85.7 0.02 25 LGB8 96538.1 5.62 0.04 23 — — — LGB496493.1 — — — 73.8 0.20 7 LGB4 96493.2 5.03 0.04 10 75.0 0.07 9 LGB496493.3 — — — 75.9 0.21 10 LGB14 96600.4 4.95 0.03 8 74.9 0.07 9 LGB1496601.1 5.25 L 15 84.3 0.03 23 LGB14 96601.2 5.60 0.13 23 80.2 0.13 17LGB14 96601.3 — — — 73.0 0.25 6 LGB14 96602.1 4.95 0.23 8 75.1 0.21 9LGB1 95790.2 5.00 0.28 10 — — — LGB1 95791.1 5.03 0.26 10 74.6 0.26 9LGB1 95792.3 5.12 0.10 12 — — — CONT. — 4.56 — — 68.7 — — LGB5 94192.1 —— — 65.5 0.03 10 LGB5 94195.1 4.45 0.25 11 72.5 0.21 22 LGB2 94882.34.72 0.23 18 68.6 0.15 15 LGB11 93849.4 4.55 0.09 13 63.7 0.13 7 LGB1193850.1 4.47 L 12 — — — CONT. — 4.01 — — 59.4 — — “CONT.” = Control;“Ave.” = Average; “% Incr.” = % increment; “p-val.” = p-value, L = p <0.01.

TABLE 196 Genes showing improved plant petformance at Low Nitrogengrowth conditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Roots CoverageLeaf Area [cm²] [cm²] Roots Length [cm] Gene P- % P- % P- % Name Event #Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. RIN44 72525.4 0.414 0.1222 19.8 0.11 55 8.48 0.07 16 RIN44 72527.2 0.430 0.11 27 — — — — — —CONT. — 0.338 — — 12.8 — — 7.29 — — LGB8 96534.3 0.390 0.05 6 — — — — —— LGB8 96534.5 0.457 0.04 25 — — — 8.39 0.18 5 LGB8 96537.2 — — — 16.00.17 11 8.24 0.09 3 LGB4 96492.3 0.429 0.04 17 — — — 8.33 0.01 4 LGB496493.1 0.394 0.04 8 — — — — — — LGB4 96493.2 0.407 0.06 11 — — — — — —LGB4 96493.3 — — — 15.3 0.30 6 — — — LGB14 96600.4 0.409 0.01 12 17.8 L24 8.32 0.09 4 LGB14 96601.1 0.433 0.01 18 15.9 0.15 10 — — — LGB1496601.2 0.425 L 16 18.9 L 32 8.50 L 6 LGB14 96602.1 0.451 0.02 23 18.30.09 27 8.38 0.02 5 LGB1 95790.2 0.406 0.25 11 — — — — — — LGB1 95790.50.407 0.09 11 — — — 8.17 0.13 2 LGB1 95791.1 0.454 0.29 24 — — — — — —LGB1 95792.3 — — — 17.2 L 19 8.44 0.06 6 CONT. — 0.366 — — 14.4 — — 7.99— — LGB5 94192.1 0.371 0.07 7 16.2 0.04 30 8.27 0.03 5 LGB5 94193.1 — —— — — — 8.09 0.22 3 LGB5 94193.2 0.372 0.30 8 — — — 8.23 0.12 4 LGB594195.1 0.376 0.03 9 15.9 0.01 27 8.23 0.07 4 LGB2 94882.1 0.372 0.27 8— — — — — — LGB2 94882.3 — — — 15.5 0.11 24 8.27 0.13 5 LGB2 94884.3 — —— — — — 8.05 0.16 2 LGB16 94701.3 0.363 0.19 5 — — — — — — LGB16 94702.20.369 0.18 7 13.6 0.21 9 8.26 0.03 5 LGB16 94702.4 — — — — — — 8.16 0.193 LGB15 93970.1 0.367 0.04 6 13.8 0.11 10 — — — LGB15 93971.4 — — — 15.60.17 25 — — — LGB15 93971.6 0.384 0.03 11 — — — — — — LGB11 93849.40.423 0.03 23 14.8 0.18 18 8.41 0.16 7 LGB11 93850.1 0.372 0.16 8 — — —— — — LGB11 93850.3 — — — — — — 8.07 0.28 2 CONT. — 0.345 — — 12.5 — —7.89 — — “CONT.” = Control; “Ave.” = Average; “% Incr.” = % increment;“p-val.” = p-value, L = p < 0.01.

TABLE 197 Genes showing improved plant performance at Low Nitrogengrowth conditions under regulation of At6669 promoter RGR Of RGR Of RGROf Leaf Area Roots Coverage Root Length Gene P- % P- % P- % Name Event #Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. RIN44 72525.4 0.04510.09 29 2.43 0.05 55 0.794 0.21 14 RIN44 72527.2 0.0435 0.19 25 — — — —— — RIN44 72528.4 — — — — — — 0.811 0.14 16 CONT. — 0.0349 — — 1.57 — —0.697 — — LGB4 96492.3 0.0365 0.08 19 — — — — — — LGB14 96600.4 0.03460.23 13 2.19 0.04 23 — — — LGB14 96601.1 0.0363 0.09 18 — — — — — —LGB14 96601.2 0.0358 0.12 17 2.34 L 32 0.898 0.14 10 LGB14 96602.10.0381 0.03 24 2.24 0.03 26 — — — LGB1 95790.2 0.0353 0.17 15 — — — — —— LGB1 95791.1 0.0405 0.02 32 — — — — — — LGB1 95792.3 — — — 2.10 0.1018 — — — CONT. — 0.0307 — — 1.78 — — 0.819 — — LGB5 94192.1 — — — 1.97 L30 — — — LGB5 94193.1 — — — — — — 0.845 0.12 8 LGB5 94193.2 0.0330 0.1713 1.74 0.18 15 0.812 0.23 4 LGB5 94195.1 0.0313 0.14 8 1.94 L 28 0.8480.10 8 LGB2 94881.2 0.0333 0.12 15 — — — 0.906 L 16 LGB2 94882.1 0.03160.23 9 — — — — — — LGB2 94882.3 — — — 1.89 0.03 25 0.864 0.04 10 LGB294884.3 0.0320 0.10 10 — — — — — — LGB16 94701.3 0.0317 0.02 9 — — — — —— LGB16 94702.1 0.0325 0.11 12 — — — — — — LGB16 94702.2 0.0343 0.05 18— — — — — — LGB16 94702.4 — — — — — — 0.820 0.02 5 LGB16 94702.5 — — — —— — 0.821 0.26 5 LGB15 93970.1 0.0308 0.15 6 — — — — — — LGB15 93971.4 —— — 1.93 0.02 27 — — — LGB11 93849.4 0.0347 0.05 19 1.79 0.10 18 — — —LGB11 93849.7 0.0337 0.03 16 — — — — — — LGB11 93850.1 0.0308 0.08 6 — —— — — — LGB11 93850.3 0.0324 0.23 12 — — — — — — CONT. — 0.0291 — — 1.51— — 0.783 — — “CONT.” = Control; “Ave.” = Average; “% Incr.” = %increment; “p-val.” = p-value, L = p < 0.01.

Results from T1 Plants

Tables 198-203 summarize the observed phenotypes of transgenic plantsexpressing the gene constructs using the TC-T1 Assays (seedling analysisof T1 plants).

The genes presented in Tables 198-203 showed a significant improvementin plant biomass and root development since they produced a higherbiomass (dry weight Tables 198 and 201), a larger leaf and root biomass(leaf area, root length and root coverage) (Tables 199 and 202), and ahigher relative growth rate of leaf area, and root coverage (Tables 200and 203) when grown under normal growth conditions (Tables 198-200) orunder low nitrogen growth conditions (nitrogen deficiency) (Tables201-203) as compared to control plants grown under identical growthconditions. Plants producing larger root biomass have betterpossibilities to absorb larger amount of nitrogen from soil. Plantsproducing larger leaf biomass have better ability to produceassimilates. The genes were cloned under the regulation of aconstitutive promoter (At6669; SEQ ID NO: 6614). The evaluation of eachgene was performed by testing the performance of different number ofevents. Some of the genes were evaluated in more than one tissue cultureassay. This second experiment confirmed the significant increment inleaf and root performance. Event with p-value<0.1 was consideredstatistically significant.

TABLE 198 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Dry Weight [mg] FreshWeight [mg] Gene Name Ave. P-Val. % Incr. Ave. P-Val. % Incr. MGP30_H311.1 0.24 7 — — — CONT. 10.3 — — — — — LGD9 9.57 0.08 31 170.8 0.10 25LGD9 10.3 0.01 41 192.4 0.02 41 LGD9 8.33 0.13 14 156.5 0.10 15 LGD810.8 0.01 47 189.5 0.03 39 LGD8 10.4 0.25 43 189.3 0.25 39 LGD8 12.80.02 75 234.5 0.02 72 LGD6 10.7 L 46 180.5 L 32 LGD6 9.72 0.05 33 171.10.05 25 LGD6 10.7 0.04 45 175.0 0.12 28 LGD24 12.0 0.02 63 219.2 0.03 60LGD24 9.57 0.04 31 170.4 0.14 25 LGD24 10.8 0.03 47 185.0 0.16 35 LGD2411.8 0.05 61 200.8 0.06 47 LGD21 12.1 0.04 65 218.7 0.05 60 LGD21 10.1 L38 177.0 0.03 30 LGD21 12.7 L 73 233.4 L 71 LGD21 10.1 0.02 38 212.40.12 55 LGD21 8.78 0.06 20 154.3 0.03 13 LGD19 8.12 0.21 11 152.8 0.1912 LGD19 8.05 0.08 10 — — — LGD19 9.10 0.01 24 169.6 0.07 24 LGD18 9.70L 32 170.1 L 24 LGD18 8.15 0.19 11 — — — LGD18 9.60 0.03 31 152.4 0.2011 LGD18 9.88 0.06 35 — — — LGD17 10.0 0.28 36 — — — LGD17 9.38 L 28163.6 L 20 LGD17 11.0 0.11 50 180.5 0.11 32 LGD17 9.57 0.06 31 174.20.13 27 LGD16 8.27 0.14 13 — — — LGD16 10.8 0.02 48 199.4 0.02 46 LGD1610.1 0.11 38 205.1 0.12 50 LGD16 8.62 0.17 18 — — — LGD16 9.97 0.02 36155.5 0.06 14 LGD15 10.9 0.02 48 195.8 0.04 43 LGD15 9.88 L 35 177.50.02 30 LGD12 8.60 0.23 17 — — — LGD12 8.75 0.10 19 162.2 0.18 19 LGD1210.3 0.02 41 189.1 L 38 LGD11 8.95 0.08 22 157.1 0.25 15 LGD11 8.82 0.2120 — — — LGD11 12.7 0.02 73 283.1 0.14 107 LGD11 10.4 0.08 43 189.1 0.0738 LGD10 8.85 L 21 164.0 L 20 LGD10 9.85 0.06 34 184.4 0.05 35 LGD1010.1 0.02 38 173.2 0.08 27 LGD10 9.85 0.01 34 157.5 0.08 15 CONT. 7.33 —— 136.6 — — LGB8 7.73 L 22 129.4 0.08 17 LGB8 9.38 0.24 47 — — — LGB88.90 0.05 40 148.4 0.15 34 LGB8 7.38 0.12 16 127.9 0.18 16 LGB5 8.720.24 37 147.1 0.30 33 LGB5 9.53 0.05 50 173.4 0.05 57 LGB2 9.70 0.01 53167.1 0.02 51 LGB2 10.7 0.03 68 179.7 0.04 63 LGB16 8.25 0.09 30 — — —LGB16 8.50 L 34 144.9 L 31 LGB15 9.80 L 54 159.6 L 44 LGB15 8.90 0.02 40147.2 0.05 33 LGB15 8.33 0.06 31 140.6 0.10 27 LGB15 8.50 0.04 34 142.00.12 29 LGB14 8.02 0.09 26 140.3 0.05 27 LGB14 9.15 L 44 152.4 0.04 38LGB14 7.60 0.07 20 — — — CONT. 6.36 — — 110.4 — — LGB9 12.0 0.06 24256.1 0.23 59 LGB9 17.0 L 77 280.7 L 74 LGB9 12.8 0.19 33 217.0 0.21 35LGB9 13.4 0.20 38 219.1 0.20 36 LGB18_H2 13.4 0.08 40 237.0 0.07 47LGB18_H2 12.0 L 24 190.8 0.03 18 CONT. 9.64 — — 161.0 — — LGM9 9.40 0.0721 150.1 0.04 21 LGM8 — — — 144.3 0.25 16 LGM8 10.3 0.01 33 152.9 0.2423 LGM8 11.2 0.01 45 181.5 0.05 46 LGM8 10.2 L 32 151.3 0.17 22 LGM48.82 0.24 14 158.8 0.12 28 LGM4 11.2 0.03 44 173.2 0.12 40 LGM4 9.970.06 29 147.2 0.22 19 LGM4 8.70 0.14 12 142.1 0.13 15 LGM21 10.4 0.01 34163.1 L 31 LGM21 — — — 140.8 0.29 13 LGM21 10.4 0.03 35 166.0 L 34 LGM219.38 L 21 141.4 L 14 CONT. 7.74 — — 124.0 — — LGB10 — — — 287.2 0.12 17CONT. — — — 245.7 — — “CONT.”—Control; “Ave.”—Average; “% Incr.” = %increment; “p-val.”—p-value, L—p < 0.01.

TABLE 199 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Leaf Area [cm²] RootsCoverage [cm²] Roots Length [cm] P- % P- % P- % Gene Name Ave. Val.Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. MGP30_H3 0.861 0.21 9 — — — — — —CONT. 0.791 — — — — — — — — LGD9 0.767 0.02 27 12.1 0.19 19 — — — LGD90.831 L 38 11.9 0.07 16 — — — LGD9 0.664 0.21 10 — — — 7.91 0.28 3 LGD90.654 0.27 8 — — — — — — LGD8 0.831 L 38 12.3 0.11 21 8.12 0.07 6 LGD80.827 0.16 37 — — — 7.93 0.13 3 LGD8 0.864 0.04 43 — — — — — — LGD60.767 0.04 27 — — — — — — LGD6 0.753 0.03 25 — — — — — — LGD6 0.899 0.0449 11.4 0.28 11 — — — LGD6 — — — 12.5 0.08 23 8.20 L 7 LGD24 0.834 L 3813.1 0.06 28 — — — LGD24 0.762 L 26 12.8 0.07 25 — — — LGD24 0.822 0.0236 — — — — — — LGD24 — — — 12.4 L 22 8.05 L 5 LGD24 0.849 0.03 41 — — —— — — LGD21 0.843 0.03 40 — — — — — — LGD21 0.802 L 33 11.0 0.21 8 — — —LGD21 0.900 L 49 12.5 0.03 23 — — — LGD21 0.785 0.03 30 12.9 0.05 27 — —— LGD21 0.716 L 19 11.7 0.17 15 — — — LGD19 0.688 0.08 14 — — — — — —LGD19 0.656 0.07 9 11.2 0.07 10 7.87 0.15 2 LGD19 0.673 0.29 11 — — —7.96 0.07 4 LGD19 0.714 L 18 11.8 0.29 15 8.04 0.28 5 LGD18 0.721 0.1519 — — — — — — LGD18 0.813 L 35 11.9 0.13 16 — — — LGD18 0.700 0.10 16 —— — 7.82 0.27 2 LGD18 0.760 0.01 26 13.1 0.10 29 — — — LGD18 0.814 L 3512.9 0.25 27 — — — LGD17 0.801 0.14 33 13.2 0.03 29 8.27 L 8 LGD17 0.7220.02 20 12.7 L 25 8.04 0.21 5 LGD17 0.753 0.07 25 11.5 0.27 12 — — —LGD17 0.691 0.10 15 — — — — — — LGD16 0.699 0.03 16 — — — — — — LGD160.833 L 38 — — — — — — LGD16 0.761 0.07 26 — — — — — — LGD16 0.712 0.0818 12.1 0.23 19 — — — LGD16 0.804 L 33 14.5 L 42 — — — LGD15 0.806 L 3412.0 0.24 17 — — — LGD15 0.764 L 27 — — — — — — LGD12 0.696 0.15 15 — —— — — — LGD12 0.724 0.05 20 — — — — — — LGD12 0.822 L 36 11.9 0.12 16 —— — LGD12 0.636 0.25 5 — — — — — — LGD11 0.686 0.11 14 11.9 0.05 17 — —— LGD11 0.688 0.14 14 — — — — — — LGD11 0.694 0.12 15 — — — — — — LGD110.903 L 50 — — — — — — LGD11 0.734 0.06 22 — — — — — — LGD10 0.712 L 1811.8 0.07 16 — — — LGD10 0.747 0.08 24 12.6 L 24 8.07 0.03 5 LGD10 0.7800.02 29 11.7 0.10 15 — — — LGD10 0.756 0.08 25 11.6 0.20 14 — — — LGD100.692 0.20 15 11.7 0.04 15 — — — CONT. 0.603 — — 10.2 — — 7.68 — — LGB80.806 L 24 11.0 0.05 14 7.54 0.28 2 LGB8 0.948 L 46 10.8 0.26 11 — — —LGB8 0.841 0.09 29 12.6 L 30 7.90 0.08 7 LGB8 0.722 0.03 11 — — — 7.890.03 7 LGB8 — — — 11.3 L 17 7.79 0.01 6 LGB5 0.802 0.02 23 11.6 0.06 20— — — LGB5 0.858 0.18 32 12.2 0.20 26 7.82 0.17 6 LGB5 0.783 L 20 10.50.22 9 — — — LGB5 0.727 0.02 12 11.1 0.06 14 7.67 0.06 4 LGB5 0.827 0.0827 11.2 0.18 16 — — — LGB2 0.889 0.12 36 10.8 0.16 11 — — — LGB2 0.8450.03 30 13.6 L 40 7.79 0.14 6 LGB2 0.860 L 32 11.1 0.17 15 — — — LGB2 —— — — — — 7.69 0.11 4 LGB16 0.744 0.02 14 11.1 0.14 14 7.70 0.21 5 LGB160.760 0.01 17 11.8 0.02 22 — — — LGB16 0.762 0.19 17 — — — — — — LGB16 —— — — — — 7.79 0.16 6 LGB16 0.774 0.03 19 11.9 0.10 23 — — — LGB15 0.963L 48 11.2 0.03 16 — — — LGB15 0.825 0.02 27 12.6 0.08 30 7.65 0.11 4LGB15 0.773 0.14 19 — — — — — — LGB15 0.830 0.02 27 12.2 0.07 26 7.700.24 4 LGB14 0.836 0.02 28 — — — — — — LGB14 0.840 0.01 29 11.7 0.10 217.86 0.10 7 LGB14 0.797 L 22 — — — — — — LGB14 0.914 L 40 12.6 0.02 307.88 0.03 7 LGB14 0.791 0.05 21 12.2 0.05 26 7.97 0.05 8 CONT. 0.652 — —9.70 — — 7.37 — — LGB9 1.10 L 23 14.5 0.04 19 7.77 0.20 4 LGB9 1.17 0.0631 14.6 0.16 20 7.83 0.06 4 LGB9 1.14 0.09 27 — — — — — — LGB9 1.07 0.0920 — — — — — — LGB18_H2 1.05 0.19 17 — — — — — — LGB18_H2 1.02 0.02 13 —— — — — — CONT. 0.896 — — 12.2 — — 7.50 — — LGM9 0.804 0.10 26 — — — — —— LGM9 0.672 0.11 6 — — — — — — LGM9 — — — — — — 7.96 0.07 4 LGM9 0.7200.12 13 10.6 0.17 14 — — — LGM8 0.747 0.23 17 — — — — — — LGM8 0.797 L25 — — — — — — LGM8 0.883 0.02 39 11.2 0.02 21 8.03 0.21 5 LGM8 — — — —— — 8.31 L 9 LGM8 0.815 L 28 10.1 0.17 9 — — — LGM4 0.699 0.23 10 — — —— — — LGM4 0.884 0.04 39 — — — — — — LGM4 0.774 0.02 22 10.6 0.13 14 — —— LGM4 0.708 0.06 11 — — — 8.14 0.14 6 LGM21 0.859 L 35 11.3 0.07 227.91 0.08 3 LGM21 0.759 0.01 19 — — — — — — LGM21 0.666 0.29 5 10.5 0.2814 — — — LGM21 0.728 0.02 14 11.2 0.06 21 — — — CONT. 0.637 — — 9.28 — —7.65 — — LGB10 1.23 0.16 18 — — — — — — CONT. 1.05 — — — — — — — —“CONT.”—Control; “Ave.”—Average; “% Incr.” = % increment;“p-val.”—p-value, L—p < 0.01.

TABLE 200 Genes showing improved plant performance at Normal growthconditions under regulation of At6669 promoter RGR Of RGR Of Roots RGROf Leaf Area Coverage Root Length Gene P- % P- % P- % Name Ave. Val.Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGD9 0.0787 L 26 1.48 0.17 18 — —— LGD9 0.0859 L 37 1.43 0.25 15 — — — LGD8 0.0843 L 34 1.49 0.13 20 — —— LGD8 0.0821 L 31 1.42 0.29 14 — — — LGD8 0.0890 L 42 — — — — — — LGD60.0789 L 26 — — — — — — LGD6 0.0779 L 24 — — — — — — LGD6 0.0928 L 48 —— — — — — LGD6 — — — 1.49 0.14 19 — — — LGD24 0.0877 L 40 1.58 0.05 27 —— — LGD24 0.0788 L 26 1.54 0.08 24 — — — LGD24 0.0866 L 38 — — — — — —LGD24 — — — 1.52 0.10 22 — — — LGD24 0.0873 L 39 — — — — — — LGD210.0889 L 42 — — — — — — LGD21 0.0835 L 33 — — — — — — LGD21 0.0926 L 481.53 0.09 22 — — — LGD21 0.0819 L 30 1.57 0.05 26 — — — LGD21 0.07320.06 17 1.42 0.29 14 — — — LGD19 0.0699 0.21 11 — — — — — — LGD19 0.06990.22 11 1.43 0.28 15 — — — LGD19 0.0731 0.07 17 1.42 0.28 14 — — — LGD180.0736 0.08 17 — — — — — — LGD18 0.0832 L 33 1.44 0.24 16 — — — LGD180.0717 0.12 14 — — — — — — LGD18 0.0789 L 26 1.59 0.04 28 — — — LGD180.0838 L 34 1.56 0.08 25 — — — LGD17 0.0844 L 34 1.59 0.04 28 — — —LGD17 0.0729 0.08 16 1.54 0.07 24 — — — LGD17 0.0772 0.02 23 — — — — — —LGD16 0.0727 0.08 16 — — — — — — LGD16 0.0873 L 39 — — — — — — LGD160.0805 L 28 — — — — — — LGD16 0.0726 0.09 16 1.47 0.18 18 — — — LGD160.0854 L 36 1.75 L 41 — — — LGD15 0.0838 L 34 1.46 0.19 18 — — — LGDI50.0738 0.12 18 — — — — — — LGD15 0.0786 L 25 — — — — — — LGD12 0.07060.18 13 — — — — — — LGD12 0.0765 0.02 22 — — — — — — LGD12 0.0853 L 361.44 0.22 16 — — — LGD11 0.0688 0.29 10 1.46 0.18 18 — — — LGD11 0.06960.23 11 — — — — — — LGD11 0.0720 0.11 15 — — — — — — LGD11 0.0943 L 50 —— — — — — LGD11 0.0758 0.03 21 — — — — — — LGD10 0.0723 0.09 15 1.430.26 15 — — — LGD10 0.0763 0.02 22 1.54 0.07 23 — — — LGD10 0.0805 L 28— — — — — — LGD10 0.0770 0.02 23 1.42 0.29 14 — — — LGD10 0.0695 0.25 111.43 0.27 15 — — — CONT. 0.0627 — — 1.25 — — — — — LGB8 0.0853 0.03 251.30 0.15 14 — — — LGB8 0.0983 L 44 1.29 0.17 14 0.733 0.15 13 LGB80.0836 0.07 22 1.52 L 33 — — — LGB8 — — — 1.34 0.07 17 — — — LGB5 0.08190.07 20 1.40 0.02 23 0.741 0.12 14 LGB5 0.0891 0.03 31 1.47 0.01 290.721 0.25 11 LGB5 0.0834 0.05 22 1.26 0.25 11 — — — LGB5 — — — 1.340.07 17 — — — LGB5 0.0872 0.03 28 1.34 0.10 17 0.726 0.23 12 LGB2 0.0929L 36 1.28 0.20 12 — — — LGB2 0.0885 0.01 30 1.64 L 44 0.730 0.19 13 LGB20.0901 L 32 1.35 0.06 19 0.733 0.16 13 LGB16 0.0774 0.22 13 1.28 0.21 13— — — LGB16 0.0796 0.13 17 1.42 0.01 24 — — — LGB16 0.0795 0.15 16 1.360.11 19 — — — LGB16 — — — 1.37 0.09 21 0.711 0.29 10 LGB16 0.0819 0.0720 1.43 0.02 25 0.717 0.27 11 LGB15 0.101 L 47 1.35 0.07 19 — — — LGB150.0857 0.03 25 1.51 L 33 — — — LGB15 0.0793 0.17 16 — — — — — — LGB150.0863 0.02 26 1.48 L 30 — — — LGB14 0.0856 0.03 25 — — — 0.715 0.29 10LGB14 0.0867 0.03 27 1.37 0.07 20 — — — LGB14 0.0836 0.04 22 — — — — — —LGB14 0.0956 L 40 1.53 L 34 0.734 0.16 13 LGB14 0.0822 0.07 20 1.45 L 27— — — CONT. 0.0683 — — 1.14 — — 0.648 — — LGB9 0.116 0.02 25 1.74 0.0918 — — — LGB9 0.119 0.02 28 1.75 0.10 19 0.777 0.16 9 LGB9 0.118 0.03 28— — — — — — LGB9 0.111 0.10 19 — — — — — — LGB18_H2 0.108 0.17 16 — — —— — — LGB18_H2 0.104 0.28 12 — — — — — — CONT. 0.0929 — — 1.47 — — 0.713— — LGM9 0.0831 0.05 23 — — — — — — LGM9 — — — — — — 0.773 0.29 6 LGM90.0760 0.22 13 1.26 0.29 13 — — — LGM8 0.0775 0.19 15 — — — — — — LGM80.0851 0.02 26 1.28 0.27 15 0.802 0.12 11 LGM8 0.0942 L 39 1.34 0.11 200.790 0.17 9 LGM8 0.0846 0.01 25 — — — — — — LGM4 0.0954 L 41 — — — — —— LGM4 0.0808 0.06 20 1.26 0.30 13 — — — LGM4 0.0768 0.18 14 1.28 0.2914 0.803 0.10 11 LGM21 0.0932 L 38 1.37 0.08 22 — — — LGM21 0.0821 0.0422 — — — — — — LGM21 — — — 1.28 0.25 15 0.773 0.30 6 LGM21 0.0788 0.1017 1.35 0.10 21 — — — CONT. 0.0676 — — 1.12 — — 0.726 — — LGB10 0.1270.13 18 — — — — — — CONT. 0.107 — — — — — — — — “CONT.”—Control;“Ave.”—Average; “% Incr.” = % increment; “p-val.”—p-value, L—p < 0.01.

TABLE 201 Genes showing improved plant performance at Low Nitrogengrowth conditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Dry Weight [mg]Fresh Weight [mg] Gene Name Ave. P-Val. % Incr. Ave. P-Val. % Incr. LGB84.25 L 10 — — — LGB8 6.30 0.10 63 94.4 0.11 71 LGB8 5.10 0.25 32 — — —LGB8 5.28 0.24 37 72.9 0.23 32 LGB5 4.50 L 17 65.2 0.25 18 LGB5 4.150.15 7 65.0 0.04 18 LGB5 — — — 74.6 0.17 35 LGB5 4.20 0.17 9 — — — LGB24.88 0.23 26 — — — LGB2 4.60 0.06 19 — — — LGB2 4.83 0.05 25 74.3 L 34LGB2 4.42 0.19 15 — — — LGB16 4.62 0.05 20 — — — LGB16 — — — 80.3 0.1445 LGB16 4.17 0.16 8 — — — LGB15 5.20 0.28 35 77.0 0.18 39 LGB15 4.200.14 9 — — — LGB14 4.35 0.20 13 — — — LGB14 4.25 0.12 10 66.8 0.04 21LGB14 4.55 L 18 66.2 L 20 LGB14 4.62 0.05 20 65.8 0.23 19 LGB14 4.150.14 7 — — — CONT. 3.86 — — 55.3 — — LGB9 5.17 0.16 8 78.3 0.26 7 LGB95.55 L 15 85.3 0.03 16 LGB9 6.95 0.13 45 91.6 0.25 25 LGB9 5.50 L 14 — —— LGB9 5.42 0.17 13 — — — LGB18_H2 5.47 0.06 14 79.9 0.20 9 LGB18_H26.62 0.07 38 90.9 0.09 24 LGB18_H2 5.50 0.05 14 84.8 L 16 CONT. 4.81 — —73.3 — — “CONT.”—Control; “Ave.”—Average; “% Incr.” = % increment;“p-val.”—p-value, L—p < 0.01.

TABLE 202 Genes showing improved plant performance at Low Nitrogengrowth conditions under regulation of At6669 promoter Leaf Area [cm²]Roots Coverage [cm²] Roots Length [cm] Gene P- % P- % P- % Name Ave.Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGB8 0.445 L 18 18.0 0.08 338.38 0.19 5 LGB8 0.463 0.15 23 — — — 8.26 0.13 3 LGB5 — — — 15.6 0.21 15— — — LGB5 — — — 17.4 L 28 — — — LGB5 — — — 15.7 0.01 16 — — — LGB50.418 0.03 11 16.2 L 19 — — — LGB2 — — — 15.6 0.05 15 8.38 L 5 LGB2 — —— 15.1 0.05 11 — — — LGB2 — — — 16.7 0.01 23 — — — LGB16 0.418 0.05 11 —— — — — — LGB15 — — — 15.4 0.19 13 — — — LGB14 — — — 15.5 0.21 14 8.240.24 3 LGB14 0.397 0.24 5 — — — — — — LGB14 0.429 0.06 13 16.0 0.12 188.21 0.19 3 LGB14 0.406 0.19 7 15.8 L 16 — — — CONT. 0.378 — — 13.6 — —7.99 — — LGB9 0.454 0.05 9 18.3 L 20 8.26 0.02 3 LGB9 — — — 20.3 0.02 338.57 L 7 LGB9 — — — 18.3 0.10 20 — — — LGB9 — — — 18.3 0.19 19 8.20 0.282 LGB18_H2 0.443 0.09 6 17.9 0.14 17 — — — LGB18_H2 0.467 0.09 12 20.0 L30 8.24 0.16 3 LGB18_H2 — — — 16.3 0.19 6 — — — LGB18_H2 0.479 L 14 — —— — — — LGB18_H2 — — — 16.0 0.23 5 — — — CONT. 0.418 — — 15.3 — — 8.04 —— LGB10 — — — — — — 8.24 0.27 3 CONT. — — — — — — 8.01 — —“CONT.”—Control; “Ave.”—Average; “% Incr.” = % increment;“p-val.”—p-value, L—p < 0.01.

TABLE 203 Genes showing improved plant performance at Low Nitrogengrowth conditions under regulation At6669 promoter RGR Of Roots RGR OfLeaf Area Coverage RGR Of Root Length Gene P- % P- % P- % Name Ave. Val.Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. Ave. Val. Incr. LGB8 — — — — — — 0.767 0.27 8 LGB8— — — 2.18 L 35 — — — LGB8 0.0414 0.02 22 1.78 0.24 10 — — — LGB8 — — —1.77 0.24 9 — — — LGB5 — — — 1.89 0.05 17 0.830 0.02 17 LGB5 — — — 2.12L 31 — — — LGB5 — — — 1.91 0.02 18 — — — LGB5 — — — 1.96 L 21 — — — LGB2— — — 1.89 0.04 17 — — — LGB2 — — — 1.84 0.07 14 0.784 0.16 10 LGB2 — —— 2.03 L 26 0.766 0.30 8 LGB16 0.0369 0.21 8 — — — — — — LGB15 — — —1.86 0.06 15 — — — LGB15 — — — 1.87 0.10 15 — — — LGB14 — — — 1.89 0.0417 0.795 0.10 12 LGB14 0.0374 0.15 10 1.93 0.02 19 — — — LGB14 — — —1.83 0.18 13 — — — LGB14 — — — 1.91 0.01 18 — — — CONT. 0.0340 — — 1.62— — 0.710 — — LGB9 — — — 2.22 L 19 — — — LGB9 — — — 2.48 L 33 0.879 0.1112 LGB9 — — — 2.25 0.02 20 0.853 0.20 9 LGB9 — — — 2.25 0.02 20 0.8510.22 8 LGB18_H2 — — — 2.17 0.05 16 — — — LGB18_H2 — — — 2.44 L 31 — — —LGB18_H2 0.0375 0.17 8 2.06 0.23 10 — — — CONT. 0.0346 — — 1.87 — —0.785 — — “CONT.”—Control; “Ave.”—Average; “% Incr.” = % increment;“p-val.”—p-value, L—p < 0.01.

Example 27 Evaluation of Transgenic Brachypodium NUE and Yield Under Lowor Normal Nitrogen Fertilization in Greenhouse Assay

Assay 1: Nitrogen Use efficiency measured plant biomass and yield atlimited and optimal nitrogen concentration under greenhouse conditionsuntil heading—This assay follows the plant biomass formation and growth(measured by height) of plants which am grown in the greenhouse atlimiting and non-limiting (e.g., normal) nitrogen growth conditions.Transgenic Brachypodium seeds are sown in peat plugs. The T₁ transgenicseedlings are then transplanted to 27.8×11.8×8.5 cm trays filled withpeat and perlite in a 1:1 ratio. The trays are irrigated with a solutioncontaining nitrogen limiting conditions, which are achieved byirrigating the plants with a solution containing 3 mM inorganic nitrogenin the form of NH₄NO₃, supplemented with 1 mM KH₂PO₄, 1 mM MgSO₄, 3.6 mMKCl, 2 mM CaCl₂ and microelements, while normal nitrogen levels areachieved by applying a solution of 6 mM inorganic nitrogen also in theform of NH₄NO₃ with 1 mM KH₂PO₄, 1 mM MgSO₄, 2 mM CaCl₂, 3.6 mM KCl andmicroelements. All plants are grown in the greenhouse until heading.Plant biomass (the above ground tissue) is weighted right afterharvesting the shoots (plant fresh weight IFWJ). Following, plants aredried in an oven at 70° C. for 48 hours and weighed (plant dry weight[DW]).

Each construct is validated at its T₁ generation. Transgenic plantstransformed with a construct conformed by an empty vector carrying theBASTA selectable marker are used as control (FIG. 9B).

The plants are analyzed for their overall size, fresh weight and drymatter. Transgenic plants performance is compared to control plantsgrown in parallel under the same conditions. Mock-transgenic plants withno gene and no promoter at all, are used as control (FIG. 9B).

The experiment is planned in blocks and nested randomized plotdistribution within them. For each gene of the invention fiveindependent transformation events are analyzed from each construct.

Phenotyping

Plant Fresh and Dry shoot weight—In Heading assays when heading stagehas completed (about day 30 from sowing), the plants are harvested anddirectly weighed for the determination of the plant fresh weight onsemi-analytical scales (0.01 gr) (FW) and left to dry at 70° C. in adrying chamber for about 48 hours before weighting to determine plantdry weight (DW).

Time to Heading—In both Seed Maturation and Heading assays heading isdefined as the full appearance of the first spikelet in the plant. Thetime to heading occurrence is defined by the date the heading iscompletely visible. The time to heading occurrence date was documentedfor all plants and then the time from planting to heading is calculated.

Leaf thickness—In Heading assays when minimum 5 plants per plot in atleast 90% of the plots in an experiment have been documented at heading,measurement of leaf thickness is performed using a micro-meter on thesecond leaf below the flag leaf.

Plant Height—In both Seed Maturation and Heading assays once heading iscompletely visible, the height of the first spikelet is measured fromsoil level to the bottom of the spikelet.

Tillers number—In Heading assays manual count of tillers is preformedper plant after harvest, before weighing.

Example 28 Evaluation of Transgenic Brachypodium NUE and Yield Under Lowor Normal Nitrogen Fertilization in Greenhouse Assay

Assay 2: Nitrogen Use efficiency measured plant biomass and yield atlimited and optimal nitrogen concentration under greenhouse conditionsuntil Seed Maturation—This assay follows the plant biomass and yieldproduction of plants that are grown in the greenhouse at limiting andnon-limiting nitrogen growth conditions. Transgenic Brachypodium seedsare sown in peat plugs. The T₁ transgenic seedlings are thentransplanted to 27.8×11.8×8.5 cm trays filled with peat and perlite in a1:1 ratio. The trays are irrigated with a solution containing nitrogenlimiting conditions, which are achieved by irrigating the plants with asolution containing 3 mM inorganic nitrogen in the form of NH₄NO₃,supplemented with 1 mM KH₂PO₄, 1 mM MgSO₄, 3.6 mM KCl, 2 mM CaCl₂) andmicroelements, while normal nitrogen levels are achieved by applying asolution of 6 mM inorganic nitrogen also in the form of NH₄NO₃ with 1 mMKH₂PO₄, 1 mM MgSO₄, 2 mM CaCl₂, 3.6 mM KC and microelements. All plantsare grown in the greenhouse until seed maturation. Each construct isvalidated at its T₁ generation. Transgenic plants transformed with aconstruct conformed by an empty vector carrying the BASTA selectablemarker are used as control (FIG. 9B).

The plants are analyzed for their overall biomass, fresh weight and drymatter, as well as a large number of yield and yield components relatedparameters. Transgenic plants performance is compared to control plantsgrown in parallel under the same conditions. Mock-transgenic plants withno gene and no promoter at all (FIG. 9B). The experiment is planned inblocks and nested randomized plot distribution within them. For eachgene of the invention five independent transformation events areanalyzed from each construct.

Phenotyping

Plant Fresh and Dry vegetative weight—In Seed Maturation assays whenmaturity stage has completed (about day 80 from sowing), the plants areharvested and directly weighed for the determination of the plant freshweight (FW) and left to dry at 70° C. in a drying chamber for about 48hours before weighting to determine plant dry weight (DW).

Spikelets Dry weight (SDW)—In Seed Maturation assays when maturity stagehas completed (about day 80 from sowing), the spikelets are separatedfrom the biomass, left to dry at 70° C. in a drying chamber for about 48hours before weighting to determine spikelets dry weight (SDW).

Grain Yield per Plant—In Seed Maturation assays after drying ofspikelets for SDW, spikelets are run through production machine, thenthrough cleaning machine, until seeds are produced per plot, thenweighed and Grain Yield per Plant is calculated.

Grain Number—In Seed Maturation assays after seeds per plot are producedand cleaned, the seeds were run through a counting machine and counted.

1000 Seed Weight—In Seed Maturation assays after seed production, afraction is taken from each sample (seeds per plot; ˜0.5 gr.), countedand photographed. 1000 seed weight is calculated.

Harvest Index—In Seed Maturation assays after seed production, harvestindex is calculated by dividing grain yield and vegetative dry weight.

Time to Heading—In both Seed Maturation and Heading assays heading isdefined as the full appearance of the first spikelet in the plant. Thetime to heading occurrence is defined by the date the heading iscompletely visible. The time to heading occurrence date was documentedfor all plants and then the time from planting to heading is calculated.

Leaf thickness—In Heading assays when minimum 5 plants per plot in atleast 90% of the plots in an experiment have been documented at heading,measurement of leaf thickness is performed using a micro-meter on thesecond leaf below the flag leaf.

Grainfilling period—In Seed Maturation assays maturation is defined bythe first color-break of spikelet+stem on the plant, from green toyellow/brown.

Plant Height—In both Seed Maturation and Heading assays once heading iscompletely visible, the height of the first spikelet is measured fromsoil level to the bottom of the spikelet.

Tillers number—In Heading assays manual count of tillers is preformedper plant after harvest, before weighing.

Number of reproductive heads per plant—In Heading assays manual count ofheads per plant is performed.

Statistical analyses—To identify genes conferring significantly improvedtolerance to abiotic stresses, the results obtained from the transgenicplants are compared to those obtained from control plants. To identifyoutperforming genes and constructs, results from the independenttransformation events tested are analyzed separately. Data is analyzedusing Student's t-test and results were considered significant if the pvalue is less than 0.1. The JMP statistics software package was used(Version 5.2.1, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, N.C., USA).

Although the invention has been described in conjunction with specificembodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modificationsand variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art.Accordingly, it is intended to embrace all such alternatives,modifications and variations that fall within the spirit and broad scopeof the appended claims.

It is the intent of the applicant(s) that all publications, patents andpatent applications referred to in this specification are to beincorporated in their entirety by reference into the specification, asif each individual publication, patent or patent application wasspecifically and individually noted when referenced that it is to beincorporated herein by reference. In addition, citation oridentification of any reference in this application shall not beconstrued as an admission that such reference is available as prior artto the present invention. To the extent that section headings are used,they should not be construed as necessarily limiting. In addition, anypriority document(s) of this application is/are hereby incorporatedherein by reference in its/their entirety.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of increasing yield, growth rate,biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality,fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/orabiotic stress tolerance of a plant, comprising expressing within theplant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequenceencoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 80%identical to SEQ ID NO: 210, thereby increasing the yield, growth rate,biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality,fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/orabiotic stress tolerance of the plant.
 2. The method of claim 1, whereinsaid amino acid sequence is at least 95% identical to the amino acidsequence set forth by SEQ ID NO:
 210. 3. The method of claim 1, whereinsaid amino acid sequence is selected from the group consisting of SEQ IDNOs: 210 and 4692-4699.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein said exogenouspolynucleotide comprises a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identicalto SEQ ID NO:
 127. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein said exogenouspolynucleotide is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 127,29 and 1424-1431.
 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising growingthe plant expressing said exogenous polynucleotide under the abioticstress.
 7. The method of claim 1, wherein said abiotic stress isselected from the group consisting of salinity, drought, osmotic stress,water deprivation, flood, etiolation, low temperature, high temperature,heavy metal toxicity, anaerobiosis, nutrient deficiency, nitrogendeficiency, nutrient excess, atmospheric pollution and UV irradiation.8. The method of claim 1, wherein the yield comprises seed yield or oilyield.
 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising growing the plantexpressing said exogenous polynucleotide under nitrogen-limitingconditions.
 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting aplant expressing said exogenous polynucleotide for an increased yield,growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiberquality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency,and/or abiotic stress tolerance as compared to the wild type plant ofthe same species which is grown under the same growth conditions.
 11. Amethod of producing a crop comprising growing a crop plant transformedwith an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequenceencoding a polypeptide at least 80% identical to the amino acid sequenceset forth by SEQ ID NO: 210, wherein the crop plant is derived fromplants which have been transformed with said exogenous polynucleotideand which have been selected for increased yield, increased growth rate,increased biomass, increased vigor, increased oil content, increasedseed yield, increased fiber yield, increased fiber quality, increasedfiber length, increased photosynthetic capacity, increased nitrogen useefficiency, and/or increased abiotic stress tolerance as compared to awild type plant of the same species which is grown under the same growthconditions, and the crop plant having the increased yield, increasedgrowth rate, increased biomass, increased vigor, increased oil content,increased seed yield, increased fiber yield, increased fiber quality,increased fiber length, increased photosynthetic capacity, increasednitrogen use efficiency, and/or increased abiotic stress tolerance,thereby producing the crop.
 12. The method of claim 11, wherein saidamino acid sequence is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequenceset forth by SEQ ID NO:
 210. 13. The method of claim 11, wherein saidnucleic acid sequence is selected from the group consisting of SEQ IDNOs: 127, 29 and 1424-1431.
 14. A nucleic acid construct comprising apolynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptidewhich comprises an amino acid sequence at least 80% identical to theamino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 210, and a heterologouspromoter for directing transcription of said nucleic acid sequence in ahost cell, wherein said amino acid sequence is capable of increasingyield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogenuse efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant.
 15. Thenucleic acid construct of claim 14, wherein said polypeptide is selectedfrom the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 210 and 4692-4699.
 16. Thenucleic acid construct of claim 14, wherein said nucleic acid sequenceis at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO:
 127. 17. The nucleic acidconstruct of claim 14, wherein said nucleic acid sequence is selectedfrom the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 127, 29 and 1424-1431.
 18. Aplant cell transformed with the nucleic acid construct of claim
 14. 19.A transgenic plant comprising the nucleic acid construct of claim 14.20. A method of growing a crop, the method comprising seeding seedsand/or planting plantlets of a plant transformed with the nucleic acidconstruct of claim 14, wherein the plant is derived from plants whichhave been transformed with said exogenous polynucleotide and which havebeen selected for at least one trait selected from the group consistingof: increased nitrogen use efficiency, increased abiotic stresstolerance, increased biomass, increased growth rate, increased vigor,increased yield, increased fiber yield, increased fiber quality,increased fiber length, increased photosynthetic capacity, and increasedoil content as compared to a non-transformed plant, thereby growing thecrop.
 21. A method of selecting a transformed plant having increasedyield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiberyield, fiber quality, fiber length, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogenuse efficiency, and/or abiotic stress tolerance as compared to a wildtype plant of the same species which is grown under the same growthconditions, the method comprising: (a) providing plants transformed withthe nucleic acid construct of claim 14, (b) selecting from said plantsof step (a) a plant having an increased yield, growth rate, biomass,vigor, oil content, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiberlength, photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abioticstress tolerance as compared to a wild type plant of the same specieswhich is grown under the same growth conditions, thereby selecting theplant having the increased yield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oilcontent, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length,photosynthetic capacity, nitrogen use efficiency, and/or abiotic stresstolerance as compared to the wild type plant of the same species whichis grown under the same growth conditions.
 22. The method of claim 21,wherein said selecting is performed under non-stress conditions.
 23. Themethod of claim 21, wherein said selecting is performed under abioticstress conditions.